arXiv:2606. 00984v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study linear contextual bandits under rare parameter updates: the learner may incorporate reward feedback into its parameter estimate only at a small number of update times, while still observing contexts online and selecting actions sequentially.
By Sanghoon Yu, Min-hwan Oh
arXiv:2510.10730v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We provide a unified algorithmic framework for ensemble sampling in nonlinear contextual bandits and develop corresponding regret bounds for two mo...
By Jiazheng Sun, Weixin Wang, Pan Xu
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:2607. 13686v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study the contextual combinatorial semi-bandit (CCSB) problem with general reward function approximation.
By Hao Qin, Chicheng Zhang
arXiv:2004. 06321v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study the sequential batch learning problem in linear contextual bandits with finite action sets, where the decision maker is constrained to split incoming individuals into (at most) a fixed number of batches and can only observe outcomes for the individuals within a batch at the batch's end.
By Yanjun Han, Zhengqing Zhou, Zihao Hu, Jose Blanchet, Peter W. Glynn, Yinyu Ye, Zhengyuan Zhou
arXiv:2602. 09456v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We propose an algorithmic framework, Offline Estimation to Decisions (OE2D), that efficiently reduces contextual bandit learning with general reward function approximation to offline regression.
By Hao Qin, Chicheng Zhang