Added a Docker console

README.md

@@ -74,4 +74,10 @@ utils: Some generic utility functions to transform data structures.
 
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 Coming soon are LSTD and Policy Gradient Algorithms (the latter is motivated by the inability of the currently
-implemented algorithms to handle continuous action spaces, eg: for the Portfolio Management example).
+implemented algorithms to handle continuous action spaces, eg: for the Portfolio Management example).
+
+
+## Running on Docker
+- `./bin/console.sh` will run a shell within docker 
+    - has packages have been setup
+    - supports bash history

bin/.gitignore

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+resources/bash_history

bin/Dockerfile

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+FROM python:3.7-slim
+
+COPY resources/requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+
+RUN pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+
+COPY resources/bashrc /root/.bashrc
+
+RUN mkdir /work
+
+WORKDIR /work

bin/console.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+PROJECT_ROOT=$SCRIPT_DIR/..
+TAG="mdp-dp-rl:oct18"
+
+set -x 
+set -e 
+cd $SCRIPT_DIR
+touch resources/bash_history
+
+docker build -f $SCRIPT_DIR/Dockerfile -t $TAG .
+docker run -it -v $PROJECT_ROOT/src:/work -v $SCRIPT_DIR/resources/bash_history:/root/.bash_history $TAG /bin/bash

bin/resources/bashrc

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+
+export PS1='\[[\e[m\]\[\e[1;34m\]console:\[\033[38;5;9m\]\w\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\e[m\]]\$\] '
+
+export HISTSIZE=100
+export HISTFILESIZE=500
+export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups
+shopt -s histappend
+
+export PYTHONPATH=/work:$PYTHONPATH

bin/resources/requirements.txt

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+scipy