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We consider a variant of the classic multi-armed bandit problem where the expected reward of each arm is a function of an unknown parameter. The arms are divided into different groups, each of which has a common parameter. Therefore, when…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-02-23 Zhiyang Wang , Ruida Zhou , Cong Shen

In recent years, multi-armed bandit (MAB) framework has attracted a lot of attention in various applications, from recommender systems and information retrieval to healthcare and finance, due to its stellar performance combined with certain…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-24 Djallel Bouneffouf , Irina Rish

In this paper, we solve the arms exponential exploding issue in multivariate Multi-Armed Bandit (Multivariate-MAB) problem when the arm dimension hierarchy is considered. We propose a framework called path planning (TS-PP) which utilizes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-19 Keyu Nie , Zezhong Zhang , Ted Tao Yuan , Rong Song , Pauline Berry Burke

We consider a multi-armed bandit problem in a setting where each arm produces a noisy reward realization which depends on an observable random covariate. As opposed to the traditional static multi-armed bandit problem, this setting allows…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2013-05-27 Vianney Perchet , Philippe Rigollet

A swarm algorithm framework (SWAF), realized by agent-based modeling, is presented to solve numerical optimization problems. Each agent is a bare bones cognitive architecture, which learns knowledge by appropriately deploying a set of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Xiao-Feng Xie , Wen-Jun Zhang

Sequential decision-making under uncertainty often involves multiple agents learning which actions (arms) yield the highest rewards through repeated interaction with a stochastic environment. This setting is commonly modeled by cooperative…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-25 Evagoras Makridis , Themistoklis Charalambous

We consider the scheduling problem concerning N projects. Each project evolves as a multi-state Markov process. At each time instant, one project is scheduled to work, and some reward depending on the state of the chosen project is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-02 Kehao Wang

The multi-armed bandit (MAB) models have attracted significant research attention due to their applicability and effectiveness in various real-world scenarios such as resource allocation, online advertising, and dynamic pricing. As an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Yandi Li , Jianxiong Guo , Yupeng Li , Tian Wang , Weijia Jia

In this paper, we provide the first investigation into adaptive combinatorial experimental design, focusing on the trade-off between regret minimization and statistical power in combinatorial multi-armed bandits (CMAB). While minimizing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Hongrui Xie , Junyu Cao , Kan Xu

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) involves determining paths for multiple agents to travel simultaneously and collision-free through a shared area toward given goal locations. This problem is computationally complex, especially when dealing…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Paul Friedrich , Yulun Zhang , Michael Curry , Ludwig Dierks , Stephen McAleer , Jiaoyang Li , Tuomas Sandholm , Sven Seuken

We study a decentralized multi-agent multi-armed bandit problem in which multiple clients are connected by time dependent random graphs provided by an environment. The reward distributions of each arm vary across clients and rewards are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Mengfan Xu , Diego Klabjan

Multi-armed bandits (MAB) provide a principled online learning approach to attain the balance between exploration and exploitation. Due to the superior performance and low feedback learning without the learning to act in multiple…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Shenghao Xu

We propose and study the known-compensation multi-arm bandit (KCMAB) problem, where a system controller offers a set of arms to many short-term players for $T$ steps. In each step, one short-term player arrives to the system. Upon arrival,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-06 Siwei Wang , Longbo Huang

The combinatorial stochastic semi-bandit problem is an extension of the classical multi-armed bandit problem in which an algorithm pulls more than one arm at each stage and the rewards of all pulled arms are revealed. One difference with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-12-07 Rémy Degenne , Vianney Perchet

We study the stochastic multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem where an underlying network structure enables side-observations across related actions. We use a bipartite graph to link actions to a set of unknowns, such that selecting an action…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Ashutosh Soni , Peizhong Ju , Atilla Eryilmaz , Ness B. Shroff

In a multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem, an online algorithm makes a sequence of choices. In each round it chooses from a time-invariant set of alternatives and receives the payoff associated with this alternative. While the case of small…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-05-21 Aleksandrs Slivkins

The multi-armed bandit problem (MBP) is the problem of finding, as accurately and quickly as possible, the most profitable option from a set of options that gives stochastic rewards by referring to past experiences. Inspired by fluctuated…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-02-16 Song-Ju Kim , Masashi Aono

The problem of Sequential Estimation under Multiple Resources (SEMR) is defined in a federated setting. SEMR could be considered as the intersection of statistical estimation and bandit theory. In this problem, an agent is confronting with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-01 Alireza Masoumian , Shayan Kiyani , Mohammad Hossein Yassaee

We study the problem of federated stochastic multi-arm contextual bandits with unknown contexts, in which M agents are faced with different bandits and collaborate to learn. The communication model consists of a central server and the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Jiabin Lin , Shana Moothedath

We study the infinite-horizon restless bandit problem with the average reward criterion, in both discrete-time and continuous-time settings. A fundamental goal is to efficiently compute policies that achieve a diminishing optimality gap as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Yige Hong , Qiaomin Xie , Yudong Chen , Weina Wang