ACER algorithm (#184)

* initial ACER commit

* Code cleanup + several fixes

* Q-retrace bug fix + small clean-ups

* added documentation for acer

* ACER benchmarks

* update benchmarks table

* Add nightly running of golden and trace tests. (#202)

Resolves #200

* comment out nightly trace tests until values reset.

* remove redundant observe ignore (#168)

* ensure nightly test env containers exist. (#205)

Also bump integration test timeout

* wxPython removal (#207)

Replacing wxPython with Python's Tkinter.
Also removing the option to choose multiple files as it is unused and causes errors, and fixing the load file/directory spinner.

* Create CONTRIBUTING.md (#210)

* Create CONTRIBUTING.md.  Resolves #188

* run nightly golden tests sequentially. (#217)

Should reduce resource requirements and potential CPU contention but increases
overall execution time.

* tests: added new setup configuration + test args (#211)

- added utils for future tests and conftest
- added test args

* new docs build

* golden test update

docs/_modules/rl_coach/exploration_policies/additive_noise.html

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
             <span class="n">action_values_mean</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">action_values</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">squeeze</span><span class="p">()</span>
 
         <span class="c1"># step the noise schedule</span>
-        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">phase</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">RunPhase</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TRAIN</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">phase</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">RunPhase</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TEST</span><span class="p">:</span>
             <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">noise_percentage_schedule</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">step</span><span class="p">()</span>
             <span class="c1"># the second element of the list is assumed to be the standard deviation</span>
             <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">action_values</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">action_values</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span>
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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

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-        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.1/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

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         <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/underscore.js"></script>
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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
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docs/_modules/rl_coach/exploration_policies/ou_process.html

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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

docs/_modules/rl_coach/exploration_policies/parameter_noise.html

@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@
 
 <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">numpy</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">np</span>
 
-<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">rl_coach.agents.dqn_agent</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">DQNAgentParameters</span>
 <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">rl_coach.architectures.layers</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">NoisyNetDense</span>
 <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">rl_coach.base_parameters</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">AgentParameters</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">NetworkParameters</span>
 <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">rl_coach.spaces</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">ActionSpace</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">BoxActionSpace</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">DiscreteActionSpace</span>
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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

docs/_modules/rl_coach/exploration_policies/truncated_normal.html

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
             <span class="n">action_values_mean</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">action_values</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">squeeze</span><span class="p">()</span>
 
         <span class="c1"># step the noise schedule</span>
-        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">phase</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">RunPhase</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TRAIN</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">phase</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">RunPhase</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TEST</span><span class="p">:</span>
             <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">noise_percentage_schedule</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">step</span><span class="p">()</span>
             <span class="c1"># the second element of the list is assumed to be the standard deviation</span>
             <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">action_values</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">action_values</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span>
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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
+        <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
     
 
   

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+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script>
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