Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Informatics and Data Science Program
Lecture Code WSN30401 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 情報科学特別講義D
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ジョウホウカガクトクベツコウギディー
Subject Name in
English
Special Lecture on Informatics and Data Science D
Instructor See the class timetable.
Instructor
(Katakana)
ジュギョウジカンワリヲサンショウ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Face-to-face
Lecture 
Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 7 : Graduate Special Studies
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 02 : Information Science
Eligible Students
Keywords Kalman filter, reinforcement learning 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
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Criterion referenced
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline
The theme of this lecture is state estimation and control of discrete-time systems. The objective is to understand the Kalman filter as a method of state estimation for discrete-time systems, and reinforcement learning as a method of control for discrete-time systems. 
Class Schedule 1st Lecture: Basics of probability statistics and recursive least squares method
2nd Lecture: Linear Kalman filter
3rd Lecture: Extended Kalman filter and unscented Kalman filter
4th Lecture: Particle filter
5th Lecture: Markov decision process
6th Lecture: Estimation of value function
7th Lecture: Policy gradient method
8th Lecture: Deep reinforcement learning

We will evaluate from report 
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Books,etc.
A report assignment will be given in the final session. There will be no exam. 
PC or AV used in
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Preparation and
Review
The knowledge required to understand this lecture is calculus and linear algebra, so it is recommended that those who are unsure of their comprehension review the material in advance. 
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