AboutΒΆ

Machin is a reinforcement library purely based on pytorch, it is designed with three things in mind:

  1. Easy to understand.

  2. Easy to extend.

  3. Easy to reuse.

The first goal is achieved through clear structure design, robust document, and concise description of use cases. The second goal is achieved through adding an extra layer upon basic apis provided in the distributed module of pytorch, this layer offers additional fault tolerance mechanism and eliminates hassles occurring in distributed programming. The last goal is the result of modular designs, careful api arrangements, and experiences gathered from other similar projects.

Compared to other versatile and powerful reinforcement learning frameworks, Machin tries to offer a pleasant programming experience, smoothing out as many obstacles involved in reinforcement learning and distributed programming as possible. Some essential functions such as automated tuning and neural architecture search are not offered in this package, we strongly recommend you take a look at these amazing projects and take a piggyback ride: