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arXiv 2005.09841cs.LGstat.ML
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谱带中的最佳臂识别

Best Arm Identification in Spectral Bandits

École Normale Supérieur de Lyon(里昂高等师范学院)

Tomáš Kocák, Aurélien Garivier

摘要:

研究了图光滑约束下的bandit模型中具有固定置信度的最佳臂辨识问题。我们提供并分析了一个有效的梯度上升算法来计算这个问题的样本复杂度作为一个非光滑的最大-最小问题的解决方案(提供通过一个简化的分析无约束的情况下)。在此算法的基础上,我们提出了一个渐近最优的策略。此外,我们通过数值实验说明了该策略的效率和光滑度约束对样本复杂度的影响。最佳手臂识别(BAI)是从参数调整到临床试验的许多应用中的一个重要挑战。现在在普通的强盗模型中已经很好地理解了,但是现实世界的问题通常涉及到需要更多模型的武器之间的依赖关系。假设手臂上有一个图形结构是一个优雅的实用方法来涵盖这一现象,但到目前为止,这只是为了最小化遗憾。解决BAI与图形约束涉及微妙的优化问题,本文提供了一个解决方案。

英文摘要:

We study best-arm identification with fixed confidence in bandit models with graph smoothness constraint. We provide and analyze an efficient gradient ascent algorithm to compute the sample complexity of this problem as a solution of a non-smooth max-min problem (providing in passing a simplified analysis for the unconstrained case). Building on this algorithm, we propose an asymptotically optimal strategy. We furthermore illustrate by numerical experiments both the strategy's efficiency and the impact of the smoothness constraint on the sample complexity. Best Arm Identification (BAI) is an important challenge in many applications ranging from parameter tuning to clinical trials. It is now very well understood in vanilla bandit models, but real-world problems typically involve some dependency between arms that requires more involved models. Assuming a graph structure on the arms is an elegant practical way to encompass this phenomenon, but this had been done so far only for regret minimization. Addressing BAI with graph constraints involves delicate optimization problems for which the present paper offers a solution.

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