seldonian.RL.RL_runner.run_episodes_par

run_episodes_par(create_agent_func, create_env_func, num_episodes_this_proc)

Run a bunch of episodes. Function that is run in a parallel process. Parameters include functions to create agent and environment because explicitly passing those often results in an error because many agents and environments aren’t picklable, a necessary condition for using Python’s multiprocessing pools.

Parameters:

• create_agent_func – Function that returns an Agents.Agent object

• create_env_func – Function that returns an Environment object

Num_episodes_this_proc:

Number of episodes to run in this parallel process

Returns:

List of generated episodes