Paper solves no-swap regret minimization for combinatorial bandits with polylogarithmic dependence on N.
problem Design efficient no-swap regret algorithms for combinatorial bandits with exponentially large action space.
method Introduces a no-swap-regret learning algorithm with polylogarithmic dependence on N and demonstrates efficient implementation.
result Achieves no-swap regret with polylogarithmic dependence on N, resolving an open problem.
New algorithm reduces regret in online portfolio and quantum state learning.
problem Efficiently learning portfolios and quantum states online with minimal regret.
method BISONS algorithm for online portfolio selection, SCHRODINGER'S BISONS for quantum states, with polylogarithmic regret.
result First efficient algorithm with polylogarithmic regret for online portfolio selection and quantum states.
New study reveals a polynomial penalty for adapting to unknown margin parameters in batched nonparametric bandits.
problem Adapting to an unknown margin parameter in batched nonparametric bandits.
method Introduces the regret inflation criterion and develops RoBIN algorithm to achieve optimal regret inflation.
result The optimal regret inflation grows polynomially with the horizon T, characterized by a convex optimization problem.
New method proves fast regret bounds for online RLHF with generalized preferences.
problem Minimizing max-regret in online RLHF with general preferences and bandit feedback.
method Adopted Generalized Bilinear Preference Model (GBPM) to investigate polylogarithmic regret guarantees.
result Proved polylogarithmic regret bounds for Greedy Sampling and Explore-Then-Commit policies under GBPM.
New algorithms minimize regret in both adversarial and stochastic contexts.
problem Minimizing regret in linear contextual bandits.
method Best-of-both-worlds algorithms using FTRL with Shannon entropy regularizer.
result Achieves near-optimal regret bounds in both adversarial and stochastic regimes.
New algorithms achieve optimal regret in sliding window model with limited memory.
problem Experts problem in the sliding window model with limited information.
method 2 queries, polylog(nT) memory, exponential improvement on memory.
result Achieve optimal regret of sqrt(nW)polylog(nT) with 2 queries and polylog(nT) memory.
Improved guarantees for misspecified kernelized bandit optimization.
problem Misspecification in kernelized bandit optimization.
method Localization and domain splitting techniques.
result Logarithmic or polylogarithmic growth of misspecification amplification.
New algorithm reduces bandit regret to log^3(T).
problem Noise model for linear stochastic bandits with vanishing noise.
method Weighted least-squares estimation, leveraging eigenvalue relation.
result Minimax regret scaling as log^3(T) for time horizon T.
New method controls linear systems with adversarial disturbances.
problem Controlling linear dynamical systems under adversarial conditions.
method Novel convex relaxation using spectral filters from Hankel matrix eigenvectors.
result Polylogarithmic running time improvement over prior methods.
Protocol learns pure quantum states with minimal disturbance.
problem Efficiently learn quantum states with minimal disturbance.
method Sequential measurements with minimal disturbance.
result Achieves maximal precision with polylogarithmic regret.
Transforms offline algorithms to online with low regret in random order model.
problem Developing online algorithms with low approximate regret from offline approximation algorithms.
method General reduction theorem and coreset construction method.
result Achieves polylogarithmic ε-approximate regret for various online problems.
New algorithm reduces best-in-class regret in contextual bandits.
problem Compete with the best policy in a class without model restrictions.
method Proposes an algorithm that updates policies by minimizing a pessimistic objective, including a clipped inverse-propensity estimate and variance penalty.
result Achieves fast best-in-class regret rates, including polylogarithmic rates in the parametric case.
The paper addresses online prediction in marginally stable systems with bounded perturbations.
problem Online prediction in marginally stable linear dynamical systems with adversarial or stochastic perturbations.
method The online least-squares algorithm is used to achieve sublinear regret, with a refined regret analysis and a structural lemma.
result The online least-squares algorithm achieves sublinear regret, with polynomial dependence on the system's parameters.
Mirzakhani volumes of moduli spaces are polylogarithmic.
problem Understanding the volume of moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces.
method Expressed as a sum of polylogarithms evaluated at specific points.
result Mirzakhani volumes are polylogarithmic.
Study higher genus polylogarithms under Riemann surface degenerations.
problem Understanding higher genus polylogarithms under degenerations.
method Investigate the Enriquez connection for polylogarithms and show it becomes a known connection for families of Riemann surfaces.
result Higher genus polylogarithms can be described explicitly as power series in deformation parameters and logarithms of families.
Investigates webs related to cluster algebras and polylogarithms.
problem Understanding webs associated with cluster algebras and polylogarithms.
method Introducing AMP webs and analyzing their properties, proving results and conjectures.
result Many webs associated with polylogarithms and cluster algebras are AMP webs.
Federated UCBVI reduces communication costs while minimizing regret in multi-agent settings.
problem Minimizing regret in federated learning with heterogeneous agents.
method Federated Upper Confidence Bound Value Iteration (Fed-UCBVI) algorithm.
result Regret bound scales as i l d e O ( H 3 ∣ S ∣ ∣ A ∣ T / M ) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{H^3 |\mathcal{S}| |\mathcal{A}| T / M}) i l d e O ( H 3 ∣ S ∣∣ A ∣ T / M ) with small additional term due to heterogeneity. New algorithms reduce regret in online MDPs by adapting to data and variance.
problem Adapting to both adversarial and stochastic environments in online MDPs.
method Develops algorithms based on global optimization and policy optimization, using optimistic follow-the-regularized-leader with log-barrier regularization.
result Achieves refined data-dependent and variance-dependent regret bounds.
Dynamic regret minimization is shown equivalent to static regret minimization for linear losses.
problem Dynamic regret minimization in online convex optimization.
method Equivalence between dynamic and static regret minimization for linear losses.
result Dynamic regret minimization is equivalent to static regret minimization for linear losses.
The thesis optimizes quantum state exploration using bandit algorithms.
problem Maximizing reward in online learning of quantum state properties.
method Multi-armed bandit approach to select observables, minimizing regret.
result Optimal strategies with matching upper and lower bounds for regret.
We present an efficient and practical algorithm for the online prediction of discrete-time linear dynamical systems with a symmetric transition matrix. We circumvent the non-convex optimization problem using improper learning: carefully overparameterize the class of LDSs by a polylogarithmic factor, in exchange for con…
New algorithms for stochastic linear bandits with heavy-tailed payoffs achieve nearly optimal regret.
problem Stochastic linear bandits with heavy-tailed payoffs.
method Median of means and dynamic truncation.
result Sublinear regret bound of O ( d 1 2 T 1 1 + ε ) O(d^{\frac{1}{2}}T^{\frac{1}{1+ε}}) O ( d 2 1 T 1 + ε 1 ) for ε ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] ε\in(0,1] ε ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] . Significant improvements in regret analysis for adaptive online learning problems.
problem Exploiting low variance in online learning problems without known variances.
method Novel peeling-based regret analysis leveraging elliptical potential `count` lemma.
result Significant improvements in regret bounds for linear bandits and linear mixture MDPs.
Paper stabilizes bandit learning with regularization, improving inference under adaptive sampling.
problem Challenges in statistical inference with adaptive sampling.
method Refined stability condition for online algorithms, using regularized stochastic-mirror-descent-style methods.
result Derives precise regret bounds and asymptotic normality, showing necessity of regularization for valid inference.
New algorithm reduces regret for kernelized bandits by adapting to specific problem instances.
problem Efficiently learning the optimizer of an unknown function in RKHS with noisy oracle.
method Instance-dependent regret analysis and a new minimax near-optimal algorithm.
result New algorithm achieves better performance on specific problem instances.
Algorithm allocates budgets to tasks with semi-bandit feedback, achieving near-optimal regret bounds.
problem Stochastic budget allocation with censored semi-bandit feedback.
method Optimism-based algorithm operating under censored semi-bandit feedback.
result Regret scales polylogarithmically with horizon T in diminishing-returns regimes.
Improved Bandit PCA with optimal regret bound.
problem Minimizing regret in online PCA with bandit feedback.
method Combines online mirror descent and multiscale exploration.
result Minimax optimal regret bound of r d T r\sqrt{dT} r d T . New method achieves small-loss regret bounds in random-order model.
problem Online learning with adversarial loss functions in random order.
method Extending batch-to-online transformation, using average sensitivity and stability.
result Small-loss regret bounds of order i l d e O ( φ ⋆ ( O P T T ) ) ilde O(\varphi^{\star}(\mathrm{OPT}_T)) i l d e O ( φ ⋆ ( OPT T )) . RONM method reduces regret in stochastic convex bandits with decreasing noise.
problem Stochastic convex bandit problem with decreasing noise.
method Regularized Online Newton Method (RONM) based on Online Newton Method (ONM).
result RONM achieves polylogarithmic regret in time horizon n.
Algorithm optimizes collaborative learning among distributed clients using kernel-based bandits.
problem Optimizing personalized objectives in a distributed system with limited global information.
method Kernel-based bandit framework with surrogate Gaussian process models, sparse approximations.
result Order-optimal regret performance (up to polylogarithmic factors) and reduced communication overhead.
A stochastic combinatorial semi-bandit is an online learning problem where at each step a learning agent chooses a subset of ground items subject to constraints, and then observes stochastic weights of these items and receives their sum as a payoff. In this paper, we close the problem of computationally and sample effi…
New algorithm tackles adversarial RL without horizon constraints.
problem Adversarial reinforcement learning with unknown transition kernel.
method Uses weighted least square estimator and occupancy measure for policy search.
result Achieves near-optimal regret bound of O ( K ) O(\sqrt{K}) O ( K ) . Two algorithms for linear contextual bandits with rare updates achieve optimal regret and efficiency.
problem Linear contextual bandits with infrequent parameter updates.
method Two practical algorithms with O ( log log T ) O(\log\log T) O ( log log T ) updates, BLCE-G and BLCE. result Minimax-optimal regret with low computational complexity.
Improved RL in BMDPs reduces regret to O(sqrt(T)+n).
problem Real-world RL challenges due to large state and action spaces.
method Two-phase RL algorithm: latent structure learning followed by adaptive strategy.
result Achieves asymptotically optimal regret O(sqrt(T)+n).
Improved algorithm reduces communication rounds for distributed online learning.
problem Complicated constraints in distributed online learning with locally light computations.
method Proposed D-BOCG algorithm with delayed update mechanism and redefined surrogate loss function.
result Achieved O ( T 3 / 4 ) O(T^{3/4}) O ( T 3/4 ) regret bound with O ( T ) O(\sqrt{T}) O ( T ) communication rounds for convex losses. Many important optimization problems, such as the minimum spanning tree and minimum-cost flow, can be solved optimally by a greedy method. In this work, we study a learning variant of these problems, where the model of the problem is unknown and has to be learned by interacting repeatedly with the environment in the ba…
We introduce the bilinear bandit problem with low-rank structure in which an action takes the form of a pair of arms from two different entity types, and the reward is a bilinear function of the known feature vectors of the arms. The unknown in the problem is a d 1 d_1 d 1 by d 2 d_2 d 2 matrix Θ ∗ \mathbfΘ^* Θ ∗ that defines the reward…
Dynamic assortment problem on two-sided platform with unknown parameters
problem Optimizing assortment display in an online platform with incomplete information and heterogeneous customers
method Data-driven algorithm that learns choice parameters while optimizing revenue
result Worst-case regret grows polylogarithmically over time
Optimal hidden-target learning for online inventory optimization on general convex sets.
problem Online inventory optimization (OIO) on arbitrary bounded convex capacity sets.
method Maintaining a hidden target and projecting it onto the feasible order-up-to set.
result The method improves the best known regret guarantee for OIO on general convex sets from inverse to inverse-square-root dependence on the common-demand probability.
Quantum machine learning can't achieve polylogarithmic runtimes, even with quantum data access.
problem Bounding the minimum number of samples required for supervised quantum learning.
method Statistical learning theory and quantum machine learning algorithms.
result Quantum machine learning algorithms for supervised learning have at most polynomial speedups over classical algorithms.
Paper introduces a new analysis framework for stochastic linear bandits.
problem Optimizing decision-making in online experiments with noisy rewards.
method Develops a general analysis framework and algorithms for stochastic linear bandits.
result Introduces new algorithms like SG that improve performance and provide new regret bounds.
New constraints on space and adaptivity in bandits force more batches and memory use.
problem Simultaneous space and adaptivity constraints in stochastic bandits.
method Proved lower bounds and constructed an algorithm with near-minimax regret.
result Near-minimax regret requires more batches and memory than previously thought.
We prove optimal subspace embedding conjecture up to sub-polylogarithmic factors.
problem Optimal dimension and sparsity of subspace embeddings.
method Iterative decoupling technique to analyze higher-order trace moment bounds.
result Sub-polylogarithmic factors in dimension and sparsity of subspace embeddings.
In linear stochastic bandits, it is commonly assumed that payoffs are with sub-Gaussian noises. In this paper, under a weaker assumption on noises, we study the problem of \underline{lin}ear stochastic {\underline b}andits with h{\underline e}avy-{\underline t}ailed payoffs (LinBET), where the distributions have finite…
Study on newsvendor problem with censored data, showing how much information is lost.
problem Minimizing costs in a newsvendor problem with limited historical demand data.
method Distributionally robust optimization framework, evaluating policies based on worst-case regret.
result Characterization of information loss due to demand censoring and development of a robust algorithm.
New research shows deep ReLU networks can be learned with polylogarithmic width.
problem Learning deep ReLU networks with limited over-parameterization.
method Using gradient descent, the study establishes learning guarantees for networks with polylogarithmic width.
result Deep ReLU networks can be learned with a polylogarithmic width condition, not just a high degree polynomial.
QATS efficiently decodes HMMs with polylogarithmic complexity.
problem Efficiently decoding hidden Markov models from noisy observations.
method Divide-and-conquer procedure with polylogarithmic sequence complexity and cubic state space complexity.
result QATS outperforms Viterbi and PMAP in speed and accuracy.
Sampling logconcave functions arising in statistics and machine learning has been a subject of intensive study. Recent developments include analyses for Langevin dynamics and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC). While both approaches have dimension-independent bounds for the underlying c o n t i n u o u s \mathit{continuous} continuous processes under s…