Understanding Reinforcement Learning, RLHF, PPO and GRPO for AI Applications
This article explains how DeepSeek‑R1‑Zero uses group‑relative policy optimization (GRPO) to enhance inference without labeled data, introduces reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) and its components, and compares the PPO and GRPO algorithms, highlighting their suitable engineering scenarios and practical implications for AI applications.
