Abstract | ||
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Combinatorial bandits with semi-bandit feedback generalize multi-armed bandits, where the agent chooses sets of arms and observes a noisy reward for each arm contained in the chosen set. The action set satisfies a given structure such as forming a base of a matroid or a path in a graph. We focus on the pure-exploration problem of identifying the best arm with fixed confidence, as well as a more general setting, where the structure of the answer set differs from the one of the action set. Using the recently popularized game framework, we interpret this problem as a sequential zero-sum game and develop a CombGame meta-algorithm whose instances are asymptotically optimal algorithms with finite time guarantees. In addition to comparing two families of learners to instantiate our meta-algorithm, the main contribution of our work is a specific oracle efficient instance for best-arm identification with combinatorial actions. Based on a projection-free online learning algorithm for convex polytopes, it is the first computationally efficient algorithm which is asymptotically optimal and has competitive empirical performance. |
Year | Venue | DocType |
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2021 | ALT | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 0 |
Authors | ||
4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Marc Jourdan | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
Mojmír Mutný | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |
Johannes Kirschner | 3 | 3 | 2.07 |
Andreas Krause | 4 | 20 | 1.36 |