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We study the problem of dynamic batch learning in high-dimensional sparse linear contextual bandits, where a decision maker, under a given maximum-number-of-batch constraint and only able to observe rewards at the end of each batch, can…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-07-19 Zhimei Ren , Zhengyuan Zhou

In this paper we study the non-stationary stochastic optimization question with bandit feedback and dynamic regret measures. The seminal work of Besbes et al. (2015) shows that, when aggregated function changes is known a priori, a simple…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-10-12 Yining Wang

We investigate the online nonsubmodular optimization with delayed feedback in the bandit setting, where the loss function is $\alpha$-weakly DR-submodular and $\beta$-weakly DR-supermodular. Previous work has established an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Sifan Yang , Yuanyu Wan , Lijun Zhang

We develop a novel and generic algorithm for the adversarial multi-armed bandit problem (or more generally the combinatorial semi-bandit problem). When instantiated differently, our algorithm achieves various new data-dependent regret…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-06-08 Chen-Yu Wei , Haipeng Luo

We consider the classic online learning and stochastic multi-armed bandit (MAB) problems, when at each step, the online policy can probe and find out which of a small number ($k$) of choices has better reward (or loss) before making its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Aditya Bhaskara , Sreenivas Gollapudi , Sungjin Im , Kostas Kollias , Kamesh Munagala

We revisit the standard perturbation-based approach of Abernethy et al. (2008) in the context of unconstrained Bandit Linear Optimization (uBLO). We show the surprising result that in the unconstrained setting, this approach effectively…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Andrew Jacobsen , Dorian Baudry , Shinji Ito , Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi

We provide the first algorithm for online bandit linear optimization whose regret after T rounds is of order sqrt{Td ln N} on any finite class X of N actions in d dimensions, and of order d*sqrt{T} (up to log factors) when X is infinite.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-02-15 Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi , Sham Kakade

We present the first theoretical guarantees for zero constraint violation in Online Convex Optimization (OCO) across all rounds, addressing dynamic constraint changes. Unlike existing approaches in constrained OCO, which allow for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Bassel Hamoud , Ilnura Usmanova , Kfir Y. Levy

In this work, we investigate the problem of adapting to the presence or absence of causal structure in multi-armed bandit problems. In addition to the usual reward signal, we assume the learner has access to additional variables, observed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Ziyi Liu , Idan Attias , Daniel M. Roy

In performative prediction, the deployment of a predictive model triggers a shift in the data distribution. As these shifts are typically unknown ahead of time, the learner needs to deploy a model to get feedback about the distribution it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Meena Jagadeesan , Tijana Zrnic , Celestine Mendler-Dünner

Non-stationary multi-armed bandits enable agents to adapt to changing environments by incorporating mechanisms to detect and respond to shifts in reward distributions, making them well-suited for dynamic settings. However, existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Shaoang Li , Jian Li

In this work, we introduce a new variant of online gradient descent, which provably converges to Nash Equilibria and simultaneously attains sublinear regret for the class of congestion games in the semi-bandit feedback setting. Our proposed…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-28 Ioannis Panageas , Stratis Skoulakis , Luca Viano , Xiao Wang , Volkan Cevher

We investigate the contextual bandits with knapsack (CBwK) problem in a high-dimensional linear setting, where the feature dimension can be very large. Our goal is to harness sparsity to obtain sharper regret guarantees. To this end, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Wanteng Ma , Dong Xia , Jiashuo Jiang

We study the problem of controlling a linear dynamical system with adversarial perturbations where the only feedback available to the controller is the scalar loss, and the loss function itself is unknown. For this problem, with either a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-14 Paula Gradu , John Hallman , Elad Hazan

This paper proposes a linear bandit algorithm that is adaptive to environments at two different levels of hierarchy. At the higher level, the proposed algorithm adapts to a variety of types of environments. More precisely, it achieves…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Shinji Ito , Kei Takemura

A well-studied generalization of the standard online convex optimization (OCO) framework is constrained online convex optimization (COCO). In COCO, on every round, a convex cost function and a convex constraint function are revealed to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Abhishek Sinha , Rahul Vaze

We study the contextual continuum bandits problem, where the learner sequentially receives a side information vector and has to choose an action in a convex set, minimizing a function associated with the context. The goal is to minimize all…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-10-28 Arya Akhavan , Karim Lounici , Massimiliano Pontil , Alexandre B. Tsybakov

This paper addresses two fundamental challenges in distributed online convex optimization: communication efficiency and optimization under limited feedback. We propose Online Compressed Gradient Tracking with one-point Bandit Feedback…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Longkang Zhu , Xinli Shi , Xiangping Xu , Jinde Cao

We address the problem of stochastic combinatorial semi-bandits, where a player selects among P actions from the power set of a set containing d base items. Adaptivity to the problem's structure is essential in order to obtain optimal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Julien Zhou , Pierre Gaillard , Thibaud Rahier , Houssam Zenati , Julyan Arbel

We prove that the information-theoretic upper bound on the minimax regret for zeroth-order adversarial bandit convex optimisation is at most $O(d^{2.5} \sqrt{n} \log(n))$, where $d$ is the dimension and $n$ is the number of interactions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-28 Tor Lattimore