Incentivized exploration improves MAB performance under reward drift.
problem Improving exploration in multi-armed bandits with biased feedback.
method Analysis of three MAB algorithms (UCB, ε-Greedy, Thompson Sampling) under drifted reward feedback.
result All algorithms achieve O ( log T ) \mathcal{O}(\log T) O ( log T ) regret and compensation under drifted reward. The paper enhances preference learning by incorporating response time data.
problem Lack of temporal information in user decision-making for reward model learning.
method Integrates response time alongside binary choice data using the EZ model and Neyman-orthogonal loss functions.
result Response time-augmented approach reduces error rates from exponential to polynomial scaling, improving sample efficiency.
ESPD improves learning efficiency in sparse reward reinforcement learning.
problem Sparse reward reinforcement learning challenges.
method Evolutionary Stochastic Policy Distillation (ESPD) based on drifted random walk insight.
result High learning efficiency demonstrated in MuJoCo robotics control suite experiments.
Study optimal reward schemes for inducing desired player performance in risky contests.
problem Designing optimal rewards to encourage desired performance levels in risky contests.
method Analyzed the optimal reward schemes for inducing average and specific rank performance.
result Optimal reward schemes can have surprising shapes, not just related to inequality.
New algorithm for non-stationary bandits with slow drifts.
problem Minimizing dynamic regret in non-stationary bandits with slowly varying rewards.
method Extends Successive Elimination to non-stationary bandits with a novel gap profile characterization.
result First instance-dependent regret upper bound for slowly varying non-stationary bandits.
Study incentivizes exploration in non-stationary MAB with compensation.
problem Incentivized exploration for non-stationary stochastic bandits with biased feedback.
method Proposed algorithms for abruptly-changing and continuously-changing non-stationary environments.
result Achieves sublinear regret and compensation over time.
RL agent learns to manage inventory and price in dealer market simulations.
problem Managing inventory and price in a dealer market with RL.
method Multi-agent simulation, reinforcement learning, different reward formulations.
result RL agent learns competitor's pricing and manages inventory effectively.
A new method helps deep learning systems adapt to changing conditions.
problem Deep learning systems struggle with environmental drifts and long healing cycles.
method Intentional forgetting integrated into continual learning to overcome issues.
result Dr. DRL reduces healing time and fine-tuning episodes by 18.74% and 17.72% respectively.
In this paper long-run risk sensitive optimisation problem is studied with dyadic impulse control applied to continuous-time Feller-Markov process. In contrast to the existing literature, focus is put on unbounded and non-uniformly ergodic case by adapting the weight norm approach. In particular, it is shown how to com…
Unified approach for non-stationary linear bandits with dynamic regret.
problem Non-stationary linear bandits with round-specific feasible actions and drifting reward models.
method Unified misspecification-reduction viewpoint, restarting algorithms with misspecification-dependent regret guarantees.
result Optimal \(T^{2/3}P_T^{1/3}\) dynamic-regret dependence for both linear bandits and contextual linear bandits.
An algorithm for efficient experimentation in a dynamic environment with personalized preferences and context drifts.
problem Efficiently recommending decisions to users with personalized preferences in a context where the environment is changing over time.
method Dri-MED, inspired from the linear version of the MED strategy, adapted to handle non-stationary heteroskedastic noise.
result The instance-dependent regret scales as $ ilde{\mathcal O}\left(\fracκ{ ildeΔ}d^2(\log(T)
ight)$ , with i l d e Δ ildeΔ i l d e Δ being the constraint-aware sub-optimality gap. Paper tackles non-monotonic resource utilization in sequential decision-making.
problem Sequential decision-making under uncertainty with resource constraints.
method Introduces a new MDP policy with constant regret against LP relaxation.
result Develops a learning algorithm with logarithmic regret for unknown outcome distributions.
We reveal an interesting convex duality relationship between two problems: (a) minimizing the probability of lifetime ruin when the rate of consumption is stochastic and when the individual can invest in a Black-Scholes financial market; (b) a controller-and-stopper problem, in which the controller controls the drift a…
A new algorithm tackles delayed combinatorial semi-bandit with causal relations.
problem Optimizing decisions in a non-stationary environment with delayed and causally related rewards.
method Formalized as a non-stationary delayed combinatorial semi-bandit problem, the approach models causal relations with a directed graph in a stationary structural equation model. The agent learns these relations from delayed feedback to optimize decisions.
result Proved a regret bound for the proposed algorithm's performance.
This paper tackles robust policy learning under concept drifts, improving upon existing methods.
problem Tackles robust policy learning under concept drifts, improving upon existing methods.
method Develops a doubly-robust estimator and a learning algorithm to maximize policy value within a given policy class.
result The proposed algorithm achieves sub-optimality gap of the order κ ( Π ) n − 1 / 2 κ(Π)n^{-1/2} κ ( Π ) n − 1/2 , demonstrating substantial improvement over existing benchmarks. New GLB algorithm reduces regret in non-stationary settings.
problem Non-stationary environments in GLBs.
method Adapted projection step for tracking parameter-drift.
result Regret bound of i l d e O ( B T 1 / 3 T 2 / 3 ) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(B_T^{1/3}T^{2/3}) i l d e O ( B T 1/3 T 2/3 ) under geometric action set. New algorithm catches moving subspaces in bandit problems.
problem Adapt to changing low-dimensional latent subspaces in bandit settings.
method Piecewise-stationary low-rank linear contextual bandits with CUSUM-style boundary detection.
result Achieves intrinsic rank dynamic regret rate of O ( r T ) O(r\sqrt{T}) O ( r T ) . Algorithm learns diffusion processes with high-dimensional state spaces.
problem Stochastic control of unbounded diffusion processes with high-dimensional state spaces.
method Adaptive partitioning and learning algorithm that refines discretization based on estimation bias and statistical confidence.
result Established regret bounds that depend on problem parameters, extending to unbounded diffusion processes.
Learning to imitate expert behavior from demonstrations can be challenging, especially in environments with high-dimensional, continuous observations and unknown dynamics. Supervised learning methods based on behavioral cloning (BC) suffer from distribution shift: because the agent greedily imitates demonstrated action…
New RL algorithm tackles nonstationary MDPs with linear approximations and varying rewards.
problem Nonstationary reinforcement learning with evolving reward and state transition functions.
method Developed a new algorithm LSVI-UCB-Restart with periodic restart, and parameter-free Ada-LSVI-UCB-Restart for unknown variation budgets.
result First minimax dynamic regret lower bound for nonstationary linear MDPs and linear MDPs lower bound.
RLVR maintains safety while improving reasoning capabilities in LLMs.
problem Safety-capability tradeoff in fine-tuning LLMs.
method Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) and theoretical analysis.
result RLVR can enhance reasoning while maintaining safety guardrails.
DRO-REBEL improves LLM alignment by robustly updating models online.
problem Overfitting and drifting of LLMs during RLHF.
method DRO-REBEL uses type- p p p Wasserstein, KL, and χ 2 χ^2 χ 2 ambiguity sets for robust online updates. result DRO-REBEL achieves faster convergence and better performance than prior methods.
This review covers learning under concept drift, including detection, understanding, and adaptation.
problem Unforeseeable changes in data distribution over time impact machine learning performance.
method Reviews and analyzes methodologies and techniques for concept drift detection, understanding, and adaptation.
result Establishes a framework for learning under concept drift with three main components.
In this paper we consider stochastic optimization problems for an ambiguity averse decision maker who is uncertain about the parameters of the underlying process. In a first part we consider problems of optimal stopping under drift ambiguity for one-dimensional diffusion processes. Analogously to the case of ordinary o…
New framework for detecting data drift in continuous time.
problem Drift in data distribution over time.
method Probability theoretical framework for continuous time drift.
result New efficient drift detection method and decomposition of data.
Identifies features most relevant to concept drift in data.
problem Identifying features most relevant to concept drift.
method Distinguishing between drift inducing and faithfully drifting features; deriving minimal subsets of features to characterize drift.
result Derives a detection algorithm for concept drift.
Bayesian bandits misspecification affects UX optimization, revealing new models.
problem Misspecification of value models in Bayesian bandits impacts UX optimization.
method Formulated UXO as a restless, sleeping bandit with unobserved confounders and optional stopping. Provided model extensions to address misspecifications.
result Common misspecifications lead to sub-optimal rewards, demonstrating overdispersion's effects on bandit performance.
New method detects when models influence their own drift in real-time data streams.
problem Models can induce concept drift in real-time data streams.
method CheckerBoard Performative Drift Detection (CB-PDD)
result CB-PDD effectively detects performative drift in real-time data streams.
This research identifies flaws in drift detection methods and creates adversarial data streams to exploit them.
problem The challenge of detecting data distribution changes (drift) in real-time systems.
method Developed adversarial data streams to show weaknesses in existing drift detection schemes.
result Demonstrated that common drift detection methods can be fooled by adversarial data streams.
New RL method tackles dynamic MDPs with evolving rewards and states.
problem Dynamic MDPs with evolving rewards and states.
method Sliding Window Upper-Confidence bound for Reinforcement Learning (SWUCRL2-CW) and Bandit-over-Reinforcement Learning (BORL).
result Achieves dynamic regret bound for non-stationary MDPs.
A new drift detection method based on autoregressive models.
problem Concept drift in real-world data leads to decreased model performance.
method Autoregressive based drift detection method (ADDM).
result ADDM outperforms state-of-the-art drift detection methods.
Adaptive sampling detects local concept drift with limited labels.
problem Detecting local concept drift in dynamic environments with scarce labels.
method Combines residual-based exploration and exploitation with EWMA monitoring.
result Superior performance in label efficiency and drift detection accuracy.
Algorithm detects concept drift and adapts models in streaming data.
problem Concept drift in streaming data renders models inaccurate.
method Adaptive learning algorithm that detects drifts and reacts to them.
result Risk competitive to an algorithm with perfect drift knowledge.
Classifiers operating in a dynamic, real world environment, are vulnerable to adversarial activity, which causes the data distribution to change over time. These changes are traditionally referred to as concept drift, and several approaches have been developed in literature to deal with the problem of drift handling an…
Classifies polynomial growth solutions to drift-harmonic equations on asymptotically paraboloidal manifolds.
problem Classifying polynomial growth solutions to drift-harmonic equations on specific types of manifolds.
method Inductive argument that alternates between constructing and asymptotically controlling drift-harmonic functions.
result All drift-harmonic functions with polynomial growth asymptotically separate variables and dimensions of spaces are computed.
This paper investigates a financial market where stock returns depend on a hidden Gaussian mean reverting drift process. Information on the drift is obtained from returns and expert opinions in the form of noisy signals about the current state of the drift arriving at the jump times of a homogeneous Poisson process. Dr…
New method detects drift in high-dimensional data.
problem Understanding and localizing concept drift in learning systems.
method Conformal predictions for drift localization.
result Our approach outperforms existing methods on image datasets.
Detects drifts in data for classification tasks using constrained embeddings.
problem Drifts in data affect model performance; unsupervised methods ignore label information.
method Task-sensitive semi-supervised drift detection with constrained low-dimensional embedding.
result Successfully detects real drifts affecting classification performance.
Concept drift is formally defined as the change in joint distribution of a set of input variables X and a target variable y. The two types of drift that are extensively studied are real drift and virtual drift where the former is the change in posterior probabilities p(y|X) while the latter is the change in distributio…
PDD detects concept drift using explainable AI, improving model performance in dynamic environments.
problem Detecting and adapting to concept drift in predictive models.
method Profile Drift Detection (PDD) using Partial Dependence Profiles (PDPs).
result PDD outperforms existing methods in detecting concept drift and maintaining high predictive performance.
This paper studies concept drift detectors for financial time series.
problem Improving accuracy on financial time series with concept drifts.
method Three simple concept drift detectors tailored to financial time series.
result Two of the detectors are as effective as state-of-the-art detectors.
Paper proposes a framework to detect adversarial concept drifts under poisoning attacks.
problem Adversarial concept drift in data streams.
method Augmented Restricted Boltzmann Machine with improved gradient computation and energy function.
result High robustness and efficacy of the proposed drift detection framework in adversarial scenarios.
Kernel-Gradient Drifting improves generative modeling for non-Euclidean data.
problem Challenges in generative modeling for non-Euclidean data.
method Replaces Euclidean displacement with kernel-induced directions, exposing score-based structure.
result Kernel-gradient drifting enables state-of-the-art one-step generation for non-Euclidean data.
A framework for evaluating and benchmarking concept drift detection methods
problem Data stream mining challenged by concept drift
method A novel benchmarking framework
result Fair comparisons of drift detection methods
A new method detects concept drift in streaming data using k-means space partitioning.
problem Detecting distribution changes in streaming data.
method Equal intensity k-means space partitioning (EI-kMeans) and heuristic sensitivity improvement.
result EI-kMeans improves drift detection accuracy and sensitivity.
Visual analytics tool detects and corrects concept drift in data streams.
problem Concept drift causes inaccurate predictions in evolving data.
method DriftVis combines drift detection and visualization.
result Visual analytics supports detection, examination, and correction of concept drift.
CURIE uses cellular automata to detect concept drift in data streams.
problem Detecting changes in data distribution (concept drift) in data streams.
method CURIE represents data stream distribution in a cellular automata grid and uses its neighborhood rule to detect changes.
result CURIE, when hybridized with base learners, performs competitively in detection metrics and classification accuracy.
Gradient-based methods for games suffer from discrete update steps that cause drift, affecting performance.
problem Gradient-based methods for two-player games suffer from drift due to discrete update steps.
method Derived modified continuous dynamical systems to closely follow the discrete dynamics of games.
result Identified distinct components of discretization drift that can alter or destabilize game performance.