arXiv Machine Learning

Stochastic Reset Pathfinding: Path-Level Regret for Cascading Bandits over Graph Paths

arXiv:2607. 15440v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce Stochastic Reset Pathfinding (SRP), an episodic learning problem on a known directed graph with unknown stationary edge success probabilities.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 30

Bridging Rested and Restless Bandits with Graph-Triggering: Rising and Rotting

arXiv:2409. 05980v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Rested and Restless Bandits are two well-known bandit settings that are useful to model real-world sequential decision-making problems in which the expected reward of an arm evolves over time due to the actions we perform or due to the nature.

By Gianmarco Genalti, Marco Mussi, Nicola Gatti, Marcello Restelli, Matteo Castiglioni, Alberto Maria Metelli
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 15

Optimal and Efficient Contextual Combinatorial Semi-bandits with General Function Approximation

We study the contextual combinatorial semi-bandit (CCSB) problem with general reward function approximation. At each round, the learner observes a context, selects a combinatorial action consisting of a subset of basic arms, and receives the reward of each selected arm; the goal is to maximize the cumulative reward over time.

arXiv AI
Jun 19

Flickering Multi-Armed Bandits

arXiv:2602. 17315v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce Flickering Multi-Armed Bandits (FMAB) to model sequential decision-making in environments with changing action availability, where accessibility of the next action is restricted to a subset dependent on the agent's current choice.

By Sourav Chakraborty, Amit Kiran Rege, Claire Monteleoni, Lijun Chen