from abc import ABC, abstractmethod from typing import Any class BaseAgent(ABC): @abstractmethod def initialize_q_table(self) -> None: """Populate the agent's Q-table before use.""" @abstractmethod def get_action(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any: """Return the next action given the current state information.""" @abstractmethod def get_best_action(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any: """Return the highest-value action for the provided state.""" @abstractmethod def get_random_action(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any: """Return a random action for exploration.""" @abstractmethod def get_Q_next(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any: """Return the next-step Q-value(s) used in TD updates.""" @abstractmethod def get_Q_curr(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any: """Return the current Q-value(s) for the provided state/action.""" @abstractmethod def update_Q_item(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: """Apply a TD-error update to part of the Q-table."""