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Main Authors: Chen, Xin, Hou, I-Hong
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15640
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author Chen, Xin
Hou, I-Hong
author_facet Chen, Xin
Hou, I-Hong
contents This paper introduces a novel multi-armed bandits framework, termed Contextual Restless Bandits (CRB), for complex online decision-making. This CRB framework incorporates the core features of contextual bandits and restless bandits, so that it can model both the internal state transitions of each arm and the influence of external global environmental contexts. Using the dual decomposition method, we develop a scalable index policy algorithm for solving the CRB problem, and theoretically analyze the asymptotical optimality of this algorithm. In the case when the arm models are unknown, we further propose a model-based online learning algorithm based on the index policy to learn the arm models and make decisions simultaneously. Furthermore, we apply the proposed CRB framework and the index policy algorithm specifically to the demand response decision-making problem in smart grids. The numerical simulations demonstrate the performance and efficiency of our proposed CRB approaches.
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spellingShingle Contextual Restless Multi-Armed Bandits with Application to Demand Response Decision-Making
Chen, Xin
Hou, I-Hong
Artificial Intelligence
This paper introduces a novel multi-armed bandits framework, termed Contextual Restless Bandits (CRB), for complex online decision-making. This CRB framework incorporates the core features of contextual bandits and restless bandits, so that it can model both the internal state transitions of each arm and the influence of external global environmental contexts. Using the dual decomposition method, we develop a scalable index policy algorithm for solving the CRB problem, and theoretically analyze the asymptotical optimality of this algorithm. In the case when the arm models are unknown, we further propose a model-based online learning algorithm based on the index policy to learn the arm models and make decisions simultaneously. Furthermore, we apply the proposed CRB framework and the index policy algorithm specifically to the demand response decision-making problem in smart grids. The numerical simulations demonstrate the performance and efficiency of our proposed CRB approaches.
title Contextual Restless Multi-Armed Bandits with Application to Demand Response Decision-Making
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15640