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Optimal Activation of Halting Multi-Armed Bandit Models

Machine Learning 2023-04-21 v1 Machine Learning

Abstract

We study new types of dynamic allocation problems the {\sl Halting Bandit} models. As an application, we obtain new proofs for the classic Gittins index decomposition result and recent results of the authors in `Multi-armed bandits under general depreciation and commitment.'

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@article{arxiv.2304.10302,
  title  = {Optimal Activation of Halting Multi-Armed Bandit Models},
  author = {Wesley Cowan and Michael N. Katehakis and Sheldon M. Ross},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.10302},
  year   = {2023}
}