Stochastic multi-armed bandits form a class of online learning problems that have important applications in online recommendation systems, adaptive medical treatment, and many others. Even though potential attacks against these learning algorithms may hijack their behavior, causing catastrophic loss in real-world appli…
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A meta-UCB method combines stochastic bandit algorithms.
problem Combining multiple stochastic bandit algorithms efficiently.
method Meta-UCB procedure solving an N-armed bandit problem.
result Final regret depends only on the best base algorithm's regret.
New algorithms tackle RKHS bandits with reduced complexity and improved performance.
problem Adversarial and stochastic RKHS bandit problems with high computational complexity.
method Combining approximation theory with misspecified linear bandit methods.
result First general algorithm for adversarial RKHS bandit problem.
New algorithm learns optimal exploration parameters for contextual bandits.
problem Learning optimal exploration in contextual bandits.
method Proposes two algorithms that learn optimal exploration parameters online based on context and reward.
result Demonstrates improved performance in learning optimal exploration compared to traditional methods.
First robust bandit algorithm for contextual bandits with sub-linear regret.
problem Vulnerability of linear contextual bandit algorithms to adversarial attacks.
method Proposes a robust bandit algorithm for stochastic linear contextual bandits under fully adaptive and omniscient attacks.
result Sub-linear regret under various attacks without requiring attack information.
Syndicated Bandits: A Framework for Auto Tuning Hyper-parameters in Contextual Bandit Algorithmsstat.ML
A framework for auto-tuning hyper-parameters in contextual bandit algorithms.
problem Auto-tuning hyper-parameters in real-time for contextual bandit algorithms.
method Proposes a Syndicated Bandits framework to learn multiple hyper-parameters dynamically.
result Achieves optimal regret bounds under certain scenarios and handles multiple contextual bandit algorithms.
Paper proposes efficient algorithms for bandit problems with costly sampling.
problem Maximizing expectation function over a finite set with high sampling cost.
method Proposes naive and adaptive stochastic bandit algorithms for PAC solution.
result Adaptive algorithm outperforms naive in terms of number of samples.
Survey and compare PAC-Bayes bounds for bandit problems.
problem Designing and evaluating bandit algorithms with strong performance guarantees.
method PAC-Bayes bounds applied to bandit problems.
result PAC-Bayes bounds useful for offline bandit algorithms, but loose for online algorithms.
Motivated by models of human decision making proposed to explain commonly observed deviations from conventional expected value preferences, we formulate two stochastic multi-armed bandit problems with distorted probabilities on the reward distributions: the classic -armed bandit and the linearly parameterized bandit…
Paper solves stochastic contextual linear bandits using linear bandit algorithms.
problem Stochastic contextual linear bandits with unknown context distribution.
method Establishes a reduction framework to convert to linear bandit problems.
result Achieves nearly optimal regret bound of .
New algorithm tackles multimodal bandits with optimal regret bounds.
problem Stochastic multi-armed bandit problem with multimodal rewards.
method Proposed computationally tractable algorithm for multimodal rewards.
result Asymptotically optimal algorithms implemented for the bandit problem.
Develops first optimal algorithm for logistic bandits.
problem Pure exploration in logistic bandits.
method Logistic track-and-stop (Log-TS) algorithm.
result Asymptotically matches lower bound for expected sample complexity.
Combines multiple bandit algorithms to create a nearly optimal single algorithm.
problem Designing a single bandit algorithm that performs nearly as well as the best individual algorithm in a stochastic environment.
method Develops two general corralling algorithms that achieve favorable regret guarantees.
result The regret of the corralling algorithms is no worse than the best individual algorithm's performance.
New algorithm for contextual dueling bandits achieves nearly optimal regret.
problem Contextual dueling bandits with feedback on preferred options.
method Proposes FGTS.CDB, a Thompson sampling algorithm for linear contextual dueling bandits.
result Achieves nearly minimax-optimal regret of .
New algorithm improves learning efficiency in multi-task contextual bandits.
problem Improving learning efficiency in multi-task contextual bandits.
method Alternating projected gradient descent (GD) and minimization estimator for low-rank feature matrix recovery.
result Proved regret bound for multi-task learning algorithm.
The paper tackles lifelong learning in multi-armed bandits, aiming to minimize average regret over multiple tasks.
problem Minimizing average regret in multi-armed bandits over multiple tasks.
method Confidence interval tuning of UCB algorithms and greedy algorithms applied to a bandit over bandit approach.
result Empirical improvement over previous work in the mortal bandit problem.
Unified framework for high-dimensional bandit problems with low-dimensional structures.
problem Stochastic high-dimensional bandit problems with low-dimensional structures.
method Proposed a simple unified algorithm and a general analysis framework for the regret upper bound.
result Unified algorithm achieves comparable regret bounds in various high-dimensional bandit problems.
The paper connects discrete choice models to multi-armed bandit algorithms with sublinear regret bounds.
problem Optimizing user choices in a multi-armed bandit setting.
method Establishes connections between discrete choice models and multi-armed bandit algorithms, providing sublinear regret bounds and novel algorithms.
result Sublinear regret bounds for a family of algorithms, including the Exp3 algorithm.
New algorithm for context bandits with continuous actions.
problem Efficient decision-making with unknown action structures.
method Reduction-style algorithm combining supervised learning.
result Proven to work in general and validated with experiments.
New algorithm reduces individual regret and communication costs in cooperative bandits.
problem Optimal individual and group regret in cooperative multi-agent bandits.
method Integrates a new communication policy into a learning algorithm.
result Achieves optimal individual regret and constant communication costs.
Optimizes algorithms for non-concave bandit problems.
problem Optimizing algorithms for non-concave bandit problems.
method Unified zeroth-order optimization paradigm.
result Minimax-optimal algorithms in the dimension for low-rank generalized linear bandit problems.
Bandit algorithms optimize treatment decisions for precision medicine.
problem Optimizing treatment decisions for individual patients based on genetic or molecular profiling.
method Contextual bandit algorithms that consider patient characteristics.
result Bandit algorithms are useful for mobile health and digital phenotyping.
New algorithms for causal bandits without knowing the graph structure.
problem Causal bandit problems with unknown graph structure.
method Developed novel causal bandit algorithms for causal trees, forests, and general graphs without prior knowledge of the causal graph.
result Regret guarantees significantly improved over standard MAB algorithms under mild conditions.
New bandit algorithms focus on extreme values, outperforming existing methods.
problem Optimizing decisions based on extreme values rather than expected values.
method Robust statistics-based algorithms with vanishing extremal regret.
result The proposed algorithms achieve superior performance compared to existing methods.
Study on selecting between base algorithms in stochastic bandit problems.
problem Model selection in stochastic environments with contextual information.
method Developed a meta-algorithm-base algorithm abstraction with a smoothing transformation for optimal guarantees.
result Optimal model selection guarantees for stochastic contextual bandit problems.
Optimal algorithm for identifying best arm in stochastic linear bandits with fixed confidence.
problem Identifying the best arm in stochastic linear bandits with fixed confidence.
method Extending an algorithm designed for Best Arm Identification to the -Thresholding Bandit Problem (TBP).
result Asymptotically optimal algorithm for TBP.
Paper tackles domain adaptation for contextual bandits with sub-linear regret.
problem Adapting contextual bandit algorithms across domains with distribution shift.
method Learn a bandit model for the target domain using feedback from the source domain.
result Sub-linear regret bound maintained across domains.
New algorithms reduce regret for convex bandits with small comparator norms.
problem Optimizing in bandit convex optimization with varying comparator norms.
method Developed algorithms using techniques from full-information setting and new gradient estimators.
result Regret bounds are small when comparator norm is small.
New algorithm for nonstationary multi-armed bandits with optimal performance.
problem Nonstationary multi-armed bandits with changing model parameters over time.
method Adaptive Resetting Bandit (ADR-bandit) algorithm using adaptive windowing techniques.
result ADR-bandit achieves nearly optimal performance in both abrupt and gradual changes.
Paper addresses DP in bandits, focusing on zCDP and providing private algorithms.
problem Privacy concerns in recommender systems using user-sensitive data.
method Formalizes and compares different DP adaptations to bandits, proposes private algorithms for various bandit settings.
result Private algorithms ensure negligible privacy costs compared to non-private regret.
New algorithms reduce private bandit regret to nearly non-private levels.
problem Differentially private adversarial bandits and expert advice.
method Conversion of non-private algorithms to private, new algorithms for bandits and expert advice.
result Improved regret bounds for private bandits, sublinear for small ε.
New algorithm reduces regret for many bandit algorithms with logarithmic dependence on number of algorithms.
problem Combining and learning over a large set of adversarial bandit algorithms to track the best one.
method Proposes a new algorithm (CORRAL) with logarithmic regret dependence on the number of base algorithms.
result Achieves optimal switching regret for adversarial linear bandits over a -dimensional unit-ball.
New algorithm for partially observable contexts in finance.
problem Decision making based on partially observable, correlated market information.
method EMKF-Bandit algorithm integrating system identification, filtering, and bandit algorithms.
result Sub-linear regret under conditions on filtering.
Unified formulation bridges adversarial and nonstationary bandits.
problem Handling time-varying reward distributions in multi-armed bandit problems.
method Unified oracle that switches between adversarial and nonstationary bandit oracles based on window size.
result Optimal regret achieved with matching lower bound.
Paper tackles stochastic -submodular bandits with full feedback, achieving sublinear regret.
problem Online optimization of -submodular functions with full-bandit feedback.
method Proposes online algorithms for various -submodular stochastic combinatorial multi-armed bandit problems.
result Achieves sublinear -regret bounds for multiple -submodular stochastic combinatorial multi-armed bandit problems.
New algorithm estimates treatment effects for more efficient contextual bandits.
problem Contextual bandits struggle with action-independent reward redundancies.
method Reduces contextual bandits to heterogeneous treatment effect estimation.
result Heterogeneous treatment effect estimation leads to more efficient model estimation.
A new algorithm reduces regret in cooperative multi-agent bandits with heavy-tailed data.
problem Cooperative multi-agent bandits with heavy-tailed data.
method MP-UCB algorithm incorporating robust estimation with message-passing protocol.
result Optimal regret bounds for MP-UCB in various settings.
New algorithm improves materials discovery using max K-Armed Bandit.
problem Maximizing material breakthroughs in materials discovery.
method Proposed a search algorithm based on max K-Armed Bandit (MKB) for materials discovery.
result Stable performance in late search stages, outperforming other bandit algorithms.
Cramming method evaluates learned policies from contextual bandits efficiently.
problem Evaluating final learned policies from contextual bandit algorithms.
method On-policy evaluation using a single pass of data, ensuring consistency and asymptotic normality.
result Cramming method reduces evaluation standard error by approximately 40% compared to off-policy methods.
We consider a multi-armed bandit framework where the rewards obtained by pulling different arms are correlated. We develop a unified approach to leverage these reward correlations and present fundamental generalizations of classic bandit algorithms to the correlated setting. We present a unified proof technique to anal…
Algorithm improves multi-armed bandit performance by transferring reward samples.
problem Sequential multi-armed bandit problem with changing reward distributions.
method UCB algorithm with reward sample transfer.
result Significant improvement in cumulative regret over standard UCB.
Balances and eliminates base algorithms in bandits and RL to bound total regret.
problem Model selection in bandits and reinforcement learning with unknown optimal regret.
method Balances and eliminates base algorithms based on candidate regret bounds.
result Total regret bound is the best valid candidate regret bound times a small multiplicative factor.
PAC-Bayesian analysis improves lifelong learning in multi-armed bandits.
problem Improving lifelong learning in multi-armed bandits.
method PAC-Bayesian analysis for deriving lower bounds and proposing lifelong learning algorithms.
result Proposed algorithms outperform baseline methods in lifelong multi-armed bandit problems.
Contextual bandit algorithms provide principled online learning solutions to balance the exploitation-exploration trade-off in various applications such as recommender systems. However, the learning speed of the traditional contextual bandit algorithms is often slow due to the need for extensive exploration. This poses…
Efficient algorithms for contextual bandits with smooth regret in continuous action spaces.
problem Efficient learning in large or continuous action spaces.
method Smooth regret notion and efficient algorithms for general function approximation.
result Statistically and computationally efficient algorithms for contextual bandits with smooth regret.
Factored Banditscs.LG
We introduce the factored bandits model, which is a framework for learning with limited (bandit) feedback, where actions can be decomposed into a Cartesian product of atomic actions. Factored bandits incorporate rank-1 bandits as a special case, but significantly relax the assumptions on the form of the reward function…
Algorithm identifies best arm in combinatorial bandits with semi-bandit feedback.
problem Identifying the best arm in combinatorial bandits with semi-bandit feedback.
method Interpreted as a sequential zero-sum game, developed a CombGame meta-algorithm with finite time guarantees.
result First computationally efficient algorithm that is asymptotically optimal and has competitive empirical performance.
ArtificialReplay improves data efficiency in bandits using historical data.
problem Data inefficiency in warm-starting bandit algorithms.
method ArtificialReplay, a meta-algorithm for incorporating historical data into any bandit algorithm.
result ArtificialReplay uses only a fraction of historical data compared to a full warm-start approach, achieving identical regret.