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Autori principali: Qin, Hao, Jun, Kwang-Sung, Zhang, Chicheng
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author Qin, Hao
Jun, Kwang-Sung
Zhang, Chicheng
author_facet Qin, Hao
Jun, Kwang-Sung
Zhang, Chicheng
contents We study the problem of $K$-armed bandits with reward distributions belonging to a one-parameter exponential distribution family. In the literature, several criteria have been proposed to evaluate the performance of such algorithms, including Asymptotic Optimality, Minimax Optimality, Sub-UCB, and variance-adaptive worst-case regret bound. Thompson Sampling-based and Upper Confidence Bound-based algorithms have been employed to achieve some of these criteria. However, none of these algorithms simultaneously satisfy all the aforementioned criteria. In this paper, we design an algorithm, Exponential Kullback-Leibler Maillard Sampling (abbrev. Exp-KL-MS), that can achieve multiple optimality criteria simultaneously, including Asymptotic Optimality, Minimax Optimality with a $\sqrt{\ln (K)}$ factor, Sub-UCB, and variance-adaptive worst-case regret bound.
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spellingShingle Achieving adaptivity and optimality for multi-armed bandits using Exponential-Kullback Leibler Maillard Sampling
Qin, Hao
Jun, Kwang-Sung
Zhang, Chicheng
Machine Learning
Data Structures and Algorithms
We study the problem of $K$-armed bandits with reward distributions belonging to a one-parameter exponential distribution family. In the literature, several criteria have been proposed to evaluate the performance of such algorithms, including Asymptotic Optimality, Minimax Optimality, Sub-UCB, and variance-adaptive worst-case regret bound. Thompson Sampling-based and Upper Confidence Bound-based algorithms have been employed to achieve some of these criteria. However, none of these algorithms simultaneously satisfy all the aforementioned criteria. In this paper, we design an algorithm, Exponential Kullback-Leibler Maillard Sampling (abbrev. Exp-KL-MS), that can achieve multiple optimality criteria simultaneously, including Asymptotic Optimality, Minimax Optimality with a $\sqrt{\ln (K)}$ factor, Sub-UCB, and variance-adaptive worst-case regret bound.
title Achieving adaptivity and optimality for multi-armed bandits using Exponential-Kullback Leibler Maillard Sampling
topic Machine Learning
Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14379