Author: Sébastien Bubeck
Publisher: Now Pub
ISBN: 9781601986269
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
In this monograph, the focus is on two extreme cases in which the analysis of regret is particularly simple and elegant: independent and identically distributed payoffs and adversarial payoffs. Besides the basic setting of finitely many actions, it analyzes some of the most important variants and extensions, such as the contextual bandit model.
Regret Analysis of Stochastic and Nonstochastic Multi-armed Bandit Problems
Author: Sébastien Bubeck
Publisher: Now Pub
ISBN: 9781601986269
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
In this monograph, the focus is on two extreme cases in which the analysis of regret is particularly simple and elegant: independent and identically distributed payoffs and adversarial payoffs. Besides the basic setting of finitely many actions, it analyzes some of the most important variants and extensions, such as the contextual bandit model.
Publisher: Now Pub
ISBN: 9781601986269
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
In this monograph, the focus is on two extreme cases in which the analysis of regret is particularly simple and elegant: independent and identically distributed payoffs and adversarial payoffs. Besides the basic setting of finitely many actions, it analyzes some of the most important variants and extensions, such as the contextual bandit model.
Algorithmic Learning Theory
Author: Sanjay Jain
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642409350
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, ALT 2013, held in Singapore in October 2013, and co-located with the 16th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2013. The 23 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. In addition the book contains 3 full papers of invited talks. The papers are organized in topical sections named: online learning, inductive inference and grammatical inference, teaching and learning from queries, bandit theory, statistical learning theory, Bayesian/stochastic learning, and unsupervised/semi-supervised learning.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642409350
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, ALT 2013, held in Singapore in October 2013, and co-located with the 16th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2013. The 23 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. In addition the book contains 3 full papers of invited talks. The papers are organized in topical sections named: online learning, inductive inference and grammatical inference, teaching and learning from queries, bandit theory, statistical learning theory, Bayesian/stochastic learning, and unsupervised/semi-supervised learning.
Bandit Algorithms
Author: Tor Lattimore
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108486827
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
A comprehensive and rigorous introduction for graduate students and researchers, with applications in sequential decision-making problems.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108486827
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
A comprehensive and rigorous introduction for graduate students and researchers, with applications in sequential decision-making problems.
Introduction to Multi-Armed Bandits
Author: Aleksandrs Slivkins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680836202
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Multi-armed bandits is a rich, multi-disciplinary area that has been studied since 1933, with a surge of activity in the past 10-15 years. This is the first book to provide a textbook like treatment of the subject.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680836202
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Multi-armed bandits is a rich, multi-disciplinary area that has been studied since 1933, with a surge of activity in the past 10-15 years. This is the first book to provide a textbook like treatment of the subject.
Multi-Armed Bandits
Author: Qing Zhao
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031792890
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Multi-armed bandit problems pertain to optimal sequential decision making and learning in unknown environments. Since the first bandit problem posed by Thompson in 1933 for the application of clinical trials, bandit problems have enjoyed lasting attention from multiple research communities and have found a wide range of applications across diverse domains. This book covers classic results and recent development on both Bayesian and frequentist bandit problems. We start in Chapter 1 with a brief overview on the history of bandit problems, contrasting the two schools—Bayesian and frequentist—of approaches and highlighting foundational results and key applications. Chapters 2 and 4 cover, respectively, the canonical Bayesian and frequentist bandit models. In Chapters 3 and 5, we discuss major variants of the canonical bandit models that lead to new directions, bring in new techniques, and broaden the applications of this classical problem. In Chapter 6, we present several representative application examples in communication networks and social-economic systems, aiming to illuminate the connections between the Bayesian and the frequentist formulations of bandit problems and how structural results pertaining to one may be leveraged to obtain solutions under the other.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031792890
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Multi-armed bandit problems pertain to optimal sequential decision making and learning in unknown environments. Since the first bandit problem posed by Thompson in 1933 for the application of clinical trials, bandit problems have enjoyed lasting attention from multiple research communities and have found a wide range of applications across diverse domains. This book covers classic results and recent development on both Bayesian and frequentist bandit problems. We start in Chapter 1 with a brief overview on the history of bandit problems, contrasting the two schools—Bayesian and frequentist—of approaches and highlighting foundational results and key applications. Chapters 2 and 4 cover, respectively, the canonical Bayesian and frequentist bandit models. In Chapters 3 and 5, we discuss major variants of the canonical bandit models that lead to new directions, bring in new techniques, and broaden the applications of this classical problem. In Chapter 6, we present several representative application examples in communication networks and social-economic systems, aiming to illuminate the connections between the Bayesian and the frequentist formulations of bandit problems and how structural results pertaining to one may be leveraged to obtain solutions under the other.
Random Walks and Electric Networks
Author: Peter G. Doyle
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1614440220
Category : Electric network topology
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Probability theory, like much of mathematics, is indebted to physics as a source of problems and intuition for solving these problems. Unfortunately, the level of abstraction of current mathematics often makes it difficult for anyone but an expert to appreciate this fact. Random Walks and electric networks looks at the interplay of physics and mathematics in terms of an example—the relation between elementary electric network theory and random walks —where the mathematics involved is at the college level.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1614440220
Category : Electric network topology
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Probability theory, like much of mathematics, is indebted to physics as a source of problems and intuition for solving these problems. Unfortunately, the level of abstraction of current mathematics often makes it difficult for anyone but an expert to appreciate this fact. Random Walks and electric networks looks at the interplay of physics and mathematics in terms of an example—the relation between elementary electric network theory and random walks —where the mathematics involved is at the college level.
Decision Diagrams for Optimization
Author: David Bergman
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319428497
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This book introduces a novel approach to discrete optimization, providing both theoretical insights and algorithmic developments that lead to improvements over state-of-the-art technology. The authors present chapters on the use of decision diagrams for combinatorial optimization and constraint programming, with attention to general-purpose solution methods as well as problem-specific techniques. The book will be useful for researchers and practitioners in discrete optimization and constraint programming. "Decision Diagrams for Optimization is one of the most exciting developments emerging from constraint programming in recent years. This book is a compelling summary of existing results in this space and a must-read for optimizers around the world." [Pascal Van Hentenryck]
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319428497
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This book introduces a novel approach to discrete optimization, providing both theoretical insights and algorithmic developments that lead to improvements over state-of-the-art technology. The authors present chapters on the use of decision diagrams for combinatorial optimization and constraint programming, with attention to general-purpose solution methods as well as problem-specific techniques. The book will be useful for researchers and practitioners in discrete optimization and constraint programming. "Decision Diagrams for Optimization is one of the most exciting developments emerging from constraint programming in recent years. This book is a compelling summary of existing results in this space and a must-read for optimizers around the world." [Pascal Van Hentenryck]
Cooperative and Graph Signal Processing
Author: Petar Djuric
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128136782
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Cooperative and Graph Signal Processing: Principles and Applications presents the fundamentals of signal processing over networks and the latest advances in graph signal processing. A range of key concepts are clearly explained, including learning, adaptation, optimization, control, inference and machine learning. Building on the principles of these areas, the book then shows how they are relevant to understanding distributed communication, networking and sensing and social networks. Finally, the book shows how the principles are applied to a range of applications, such as Big data, Media and video, Smart grids, Internet of Things, Wireless health and Neuroscience. With this book readers will learn the basics of adaptation and learning in networks, the essentials of detection, estimation and filtering, Bayesian inference in networks, optimization and control, machine learning, signal processing on graphs, signal processing for distributed communication, social networks from the perspective of flow of information, and how to apply signal processing methods in distributed settings. - Presents the first book on cooperative signal processing and graph signal processing - Provides a range of applications and application areas that are thoroughly covered - Includes an editor in chief and associate editor from the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and Information Processing over Networks who have recruited top contributors for the book
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128136782
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Cooperative and Graph Signal Processing: Principles and Applications presents the fundamentals of signal processing over networks and the latest advances in graph signal processing. A range of key concepts are clearly explained, including learning, adaptation, optimization, control, inference and machine learning. Building on the principles of these areas, the book then shows how they are relevant to understanding distributed communication, networking and sensing and social networks. Finally, the book shows how the principles are applied to a range of applications, such as Big data, Media and video, Smart grids, Internet of Things, Wireless health and Neuroscience. With this book readers will learn the basics of adaptation and learning in networks, the essentials of detection, estimation and filtering, Bayesian inference in networks, optimization and control, machine learning, signal processing on graphs, signal processing for distributed communication, social networks from the perspective of flow of information, and how to apply signal processing methods in distributed settings. - Presents the first book on cooperative signal processing and graph signal processing - Provides a range of applications and application areas that are thoroughly covered - Includes an editor in chief and associate editor from the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and Information Processing over Networks who have recruited top contributors for the book
Stochastic Analysis, Filtering, and Stochastic Optimization
Author: George Yin
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030985199
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This volume is a collection of research works to honor the late Professor Mark H.A. Davis, whose pioneering work in the areas of Stochastic Processes, Filtering, and Stochastic Optimization spans more than five decades. Invited authors include his dissertation advisor, past collaborators, colleagues, mentees, and graduate students of Professor Davis, as well as scholars who have worked in the above areas. Their contributions may expand upon topics in piecewise deterministic processes, pathwise stochastic calculus, martingale methods in stochastic optimization, filtering, mean-field games, time-inconsistency, as well as impulse, singular, risk-sensitive and robust stochastic control.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030985199
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This volume is a collection of research works to honor the late Professor Mark H.A. Davis, whose pioneering work in the areas of Stochastic Processes, Filtering, and Stochastic Optimization spans more than five decades. Invited authors include his dissertation advisor, past collaborators, colleagues, mentees, and graduate students of Professor Davis, as well as scholars who have worked in the above areas. Their contributions may expand upon topics in piecewise deterministic processes, pathwise stochastic calculus, martingale methods in stochastic optimization, filtering, mean-field games, time-inconsistency, as well as impulse, singular, risk-sensitive and robust stochastic control.
Probability on Trees and Networks
Author: Russell Lyons
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316785335
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 1023
Book Description
Starting around the late 1950s, several research communities began relating the geometry of graphs to stochastic processes on these graphs. This book, twenty years in the making, ties together research in the field, encompassing work on percolation, isoperimetric inequalities, eigenvalues, transition probabilities, and random walks. Written by two leading researchers, the text emphasizes intuition, while giving complete proofs and more than 850 exercises. Many recent developments, in which the authors have played a leading role, are discussed, including percolation on trees and Cayley graphs, uniform spanning forests, the mass-transport technique, and connections on random walks on graphs to embedding in Hilbert space. This state-of-the-art account of probability on networks will be indispensable for graduate students and researchers alike.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316785335
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 1023
Book Description
Starting around the late 1950s, several research communities began relating the geometry of graphs to stochastic processes on these graphs. This book, twenty years in the making, ties together research in the field, encompassing work on percolation, isoperimetric inequalities, eigenvalues, transition probabilities, and random walks. Written by two leading researchers, the text emphasizes intuition, while giving complete proofs and more than 850 exercises. Many recent developments, in which the authors have played a leading role, are discussed, including percolation on trees and Cayley graphs, uniform spanning forests, the mass-transport technique, and connections on random walks on graphs to embedding in Hilbert space. This state-of-the-art account of probability on networks will be indispensable for graduate students and researchers alike.