Paper presents a reduction-based framework for conservative bandits and RL with improved lower and upper bounds.
problem Conservative bandits and reinforcement learning problems.
method Reduction technique to calculate necessary and sufficient budget from baseline policy.
result Improved lower and upper bounds for various conservative settings.
New study on regret lower bounds for multi-agent multi-armed bandit problems.
problem Understanding the limits of performance in multi-agent multi-armed bandit problems.
method Comprehensive study on different settings, establishing tight lower bounds.
result First comprehensive study on regret lower bounds across various settings.
This paper sets out to provide a general framework for the pricing of average-type options via lower and upper bounds. This class of options includes Asian, basket and options on the volume-weighted average price. We demonstrate that in cases under discussion lower bounds allow for the dimensionality of the problem to …
Study bounds growth rate of irreducible meanders, showing proportion vanishes.
problem Understanding growth rate of irreducible meanders.
method Provided upper and lower bounds for growth rate.
result Proportion of irreducible meanders among prime meanders approaches 0 as n increases.
New bounds on continuous random variables' right-tail probabilities.
problem Finding precise upper and lower limits for right-tail probabilities of continuous random variables.
method Developed new bounds based on PDF, first derivative, and two parameters.
result The new bounds are tight for various continuous random variables.
Lower bounds for geodesic ball volume in 3D with Ricci curvature constraints.
problem Finding volume bounds in 3D manifolds with Ricci curvature limits.
method Providing lower bounds for geodesic ball volume with upper bounds on Ricci curvature.
result Established lower bounds for geodesic ball volume under Ricci curvature constraints.
In this paper, we study estimates for eigenvalues of the clamped plate problem. A sharp upper bound for eigenvalues is given and the lower bound for eigenvalues in [10] is improved.
We give lower and upper bounds for the first eigenvalue of geodesic balls in spherically symmetric manifolds. These lower and upper bounds are C 0 C^{0} C 0 -dependent on the metric coefficients. It gives better lower bounds for the first eigenvalue of spherical caps than those from Betz-Camera-Gzyl.
Paper establishes lower bounds for non-stationary kernelized bandits.
problem Optimizing functions with noisy observations in non-stationary scenarios.
method Develops algorithm-independent lower bounds for time-varying functions under total variation constraints.
result First algorithm-independent lower bounds for time-varying kernelized bandits.
New lower bounds for gradient methods in strongly convex finite-sum optimization.
problem Developing tight lower bounds for randomized gradient methods in finite-sum optimization.
method Deriving tight lower complexity bounds for SAG, SAGA, SVRG, SARAH, and related methods.
result Tight matches between lower bounds and upper bounds for various methods under specific conditions.
Lower bounds on curvature integral for manifolds with curvature constraints.
problem Bounding curvature integrals under curvature constraints.
method Proving a lower bound for the curvature integral using dimension, upper curvature bounds, and injectivity radius.
result Uniformly bounded below integral of scalar curvature.
Improved upper bound for online calibrated forecasting of binary sequences.
problem Online calibrated forecasting of binary sequences.
method Introducing a variant of Qiao & Valiant's sign preservation game called sign preservation with reuse (SPR) and proving its equivalence to calibrated forecasting.
result Improved upper bound of O ( T 2 / 3 − ε ) O(T^{2/3 - \varepsilon}) O ( T 2/3 − ε ) for calibrated forecasting, improving the O ( T 2 / 3 ) O(T^{2/3}) O ( T 2/3 ) bound of Foster & Vohra. Paper proves tight lower bounds for online multicalibration, separating it from marginal calibration.
problem Proving lower bounds for online multicalibration in relation to marginal calibration.
method Information-theoretic approach, constructing group families from orthonormal bases.
result Establishes tight lower bounds for online multicalibration, matching upper bounds up to logarithmic factors.
The study sets limits on the complexity of Klein geometries.
problem Understanding the complexity of Klein geometries.
method Simple upper and lower bounds for the order of Klein geometries.
result Established upper and lower bounds for the order of Klein geometries.
Uniform bounds for eigenvalues of Hodge Laplacian on manifolds with lower Ricci curvature.
problem Establishing bounds for eigenvalues of Hodge Laplacian under lower Ricci curvature.
method Using geometric assumptions including lower Ricci curvature, injectivity radius, and diameter bounds.
result Uniform eigenvalue bounds for the Hodge Laplacian and connection Laplacian.
This is a survey on upper and lower bounds for finite group actions on bounded surfaces, 3-dimensional handlebodies and closed handles, handlebodies in arbitrary dimensions and finite graphs (the common feature of these objects is that all have free fundamental group).
Exact bounds derived for neural network outputs with noisy inputs.
problem Bounding the output distribution of neural networks with random inputs.
method Applying ReLU NNs to derive bounds for general NNs, then using these to find exact error guarantees.
result Exact upper and lower bounds for the output distribution of neural networks with random inputs.
We give a lower bound on the number of non-simple closed curves on a hyperbolic surface, given upper bounds on both length and self-intersection number. In particular, we carefully show how to construct closed geodesics on pairs of pants, and give a lower bound on the number of curves in this case. The lower bound for …
We estimate risk measures in Markov cost processes with lower and upper bounds.
problem Estimating risk measures in infinite-horizon discounted costs within Markov processes.
method Truncation scheme and lower/upper bounds for CVaR and variance estimation.
result Upper and lower bounds for CVaR and variance estimation match up to logarithmic factors.
Method bounds tail probabilities of continuous RVs.
problem Bounding tail probabilities of continuous random variables.
method Setting continuous, positive, and strictly decreasing/increasing functions to derive upper and lower bounds.
result Provides tighter bounds than existing methods, including a novel asymptotic capacity bound for AWGN channel.
In this short note we consider a dynamic assortment planning problem under the capacitated multinomial logit (MNL) bandit model. We prove a tight lower bound on the accumulated regret that matches existing regret upper bounds for all parameters (time horizon T T T , number of items N N N and maximum assortment capacity K K K )…
Lower bounds and upper bounds on sample complexity for identifying linear dynamical systems.
problem Identifying an unknown linear dynamical system with limited data.
method Sample complexity lower and upper bounds, persistent excitation condition, active learning algorithm.
result Lower and upper bounds share the same dependency on key problem parameters.
Improved regret bounds for bandits with expert advice.
problem Optimizing decision-making in environments with expert advice.
method Proved lower and upper bounds for regret in restricted and standard feedback models.
result Proved a new upper bound of order K T ln ( N / K ) \sqrt{K T \ln(N/K)} K T ln ( N / K ) for the worst-case regret, matching a previously known lower bound. We prove global and local upper bounds for the Hessian of log positive solutions of the heat equation on a Riemannian manifold. The metric is either fixed or evolves under the Ricci flow. These upper bounds supplement the well-known global lower bound.
We find upper and lower bounds for the first eigenvalue and the volume entropy of a noncompact real analytic Kähler manifold, in terms of Calabi's diastasis function and diastatic entropy, which are sharp in the case of the complex hyperbolic space. As a corollary we obtain explicit lower bounds for the first eigenvalu…
Study finds optimal regret bound for multi-armed bandit problem with expert advice.
problem Optimizing decision-making in a multi-armed bandit problem with expert advice.
method Proved a tight lower bound matching the upper bound of Kale (2014) for minimax expected regret.
result The minimax optimal expected regret is Θ(√(T K log (N/K))) for the problem.
New bounds for sequential tests under power-one error levels.
problem Determining stopping times for sequential tests with power-one error levels.
method Proved two lower bounds for stopping times under specific conditions.
result Upper and lower bounds for sequential tests are shown to be tight.
New bounds for prediction with experts using geometric stopping.
problem Online prediction with expert advice, focusing on geometric stopping.
method Potential-based framework, explicit bounds construction.
result First explicit lower and upper bounds in geometric stopping setting.
Sharp bounds for charged Hawking mass in electrostatic space-times.
problem Bounding charged Hawking mass in electrostatic space-times.
method Proving sharp lower bounds and upper bounds for the charged Hawking mass.
result Sharp lower bounds for the charged Hawking mass of stable surfaces in electrostatic space-times.
Lower bounds found for nonconvex-strongly-concave min-max optimization problems.
problem Finding stationary points in nonconvex-strongly-concave min-max optimization.
method Provided lower bounds for first-order oracle complexity.
result Lower bounds of Ω(√κε⁻²) for deterministic oracles and Ω(√κε⁻² + κ¹/₃ε⁻⁴) for stochastic oracles.
Upper bound for conjugate radius in open manifolds with scalar curvature and spectrum constraints.
problem Bounding the conjugate radius of open manifolds with specific curvature and spectrum conditions.
method Established an upper bound using scalar curvature and bottom-of-spectrum constraints.
result For certain conditions, the conjugate radius is no more than π.
Sharp lower bound on GHHs' representation power of CPWL functions.
problem Proving the minimum number of nestings for GHHs to represent arbitrary CPWL functions.
method Using a key lemma about finite sums of periodic functions, proving necessity of n nestings.
result Proving necessity of n nestings for GHHs to achieve universal representation power.
The study analyzes batched methods for early stopping in stochastic multi-armed bandits.
problem Early stopping in stochastic multi-armed bandits with fixed confidence.
method Instance-dependent lower bounds and a general batched algorithm with upper bounds.
result Upper and lower bounds on the number of batches and sample complexity.
In the context of an incomplete market with a Brownian filtration and a fixed finite time horizon, this paper proves that for general dynamic convex risk measures, the buyer's and seller's risk indifference prices of a contingent claim are bounded from below and above by the dynamic lower and upper hedging prices, resp…
New bounds for Bayesian bandits show prior improves performance.
problem Improving regret bounds for Bayesian bandits.
method Upper confidence bound algorithm with finite-time logarithmic regret bounds.
result Derives O ( c Δ log n ) O(c_Δ\log n) O ( c Δ log n ) and O ( c h log 2 n ) O(c_h \log^2 n) O ( c h log 2 n ) upper bounds for Bayesian bandits. Study precise sample covariance error for Gaussian centered data.
problem Precise characterization of sample covariance error for Gaussian data.
method Developed a Random Duality Theory (RDT) framework to determine upper and lower bounds.
result Upper and lower bounds match in large-dimensional contexts, matching the spectral norm's limiting value.
Optimal sampling bounds for various classification losses under different regularization terms.
problem Achieving optimal sampling complexity for classification losses under different regularization terms.
method Proved optimal sampling bounds for a broad class of Lipschitz continuous classification loss functions under various regularization terms.
result Proved k 2 / ε 2 k^2/\varepsilon^2 k 2 / ε 2 upper and lower bounds for ∥ ⋅ ∥ 2 / k \|\cdot\|_2/k ∥ ⋅ ∥ 2 / k regularization, and k / ε 2 k/\varepsilon^2 k / ε 2 upper and lower bounds for ∥ ⋅ ∥ 1 / k \|\cdot\|_1/k ∥ ⋅ ∥ 1 / k regularization. New bounds for SGD show improved performance in various settings.
problem Improving convergence bounds for SGD with random permutations.
method Analyzing convergence of SGD with random reshuffling and arbitrary permutations.
result Tighter lower bounds for weighted average iterates in both convex and strongly-convex cases.
Study on scalar curvature bounds and manifold topological complexity.
problem Understanding the topological complexity of manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.
method Introduced a small scale index theorem to establish bounds for Gromov's simplicial norm.
result Upper bound for Gromov's simplicial norm established in terms of scalar curvature, volume, and injectivity radius.
Upper and lower bounds on regret for noisy optimization of Brownian motion.
problem Optimizing a one-dimensional Brownian motion with noisy observations.
method Upper bound uses confidence bounds and Markov property; lower bound uses hypothesis testing reduction.
result Upper and lower bounds are tight up to a factor of O ( ( log T ) 1.5 ) O((\log T)^{1.5}) O (( log T ) 1.5 ) . Sharp bounds established for Federated Averaging (FedAvg), improving convergence rates.
problem Undetermined convergence rate of Federated Averaging (FedAvg) in Federated Learning.
method Developed novel iterate bias concept and proved sharp bounds on it, leading to improved convergence results.
result Lower bounds for FedAvg match existing upper bounds, showing no improvable capacity.
Leveraging algorithmic stability to derive sharp generalization bounds is a classic and powerful approach in learning theory. Since Vapnik and Chervonenkis [1974] first formalized the idea for analyzing SVMs, it has been utilized to study many fundamental learning algorithms (e.g., k k k -nearest neighbors [Rogers and Wag…
New algorithms identify best policies in discounted linear MDPs efficiently.
problem Identifying the best policy in discounted linear MDPs with limited samples.
method Derive lower bounds and devise simple yet near-optimal algorithms.
result Upper bound on sample complexity matches existing bounds.
New SQ lower bound shows complexity nearly matches known upper bound for smoothed agnostic learning.
problem Smoothed agnostic learning of halfspaces under subgaussian distributions.
method Statistical Query (SQ) lower bound using moment-matching hard distribution and linear programming duality.
result First non-trivial lower bound on complexity nearly matches known upper bound.
Optimistic Hedge achieves optimal regret bounds in two-player zero-sum games.
problem Achieving optimal regret bounds for optimistic Hedge in two-player zero-sum games.
method Refined regret analysis and optimization problem formulation.
result Optimistic Hedge achieves O ( log m log n ) O(\sqrt{\log m \log n}) O ( log m log n ) regret bounds, matching upper and lower bounds. The paper studies heat kernels on weighted Riemannian manifolds with curvature bounds.
problem Estimating heat kernels on weighted Riemannian manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Establishing parabolic Harnack inequalities, proving Gaussian bounds for heat kernels, and constructing Li-Yau-type gradient estimates.
result Gaussian upper and lower bounds for the heat kernel, Liouville theorem, uniqueness property, and eigenvalue bounds.
In this paper, we will present some characterizations for the upper bound of the Bakry-Emery curvature on a Riemannian manifold by using functional inequalities on path space. Moreover, some characterizations for general lower and upper bounds of Ricci curvature are also given, which extends the recent results derived …
This work proves lower bounds on a greedy teaching set construction algorithm.
problem Characterize the best-case teaching dimension of a concept class.
method A greedy algorithm that iteratively adds points to the teaching set to restrict the concept class the most.
result Lower bounds on the performance of the greedy approach for small k, extending up to k ≤ c*d for small constant c.