Tight Bounds for Bandit Combinatorial Optimization

Tight Bounds for Bandit Combinatorial Optimization
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Bandit 组合优化的紧界

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2017
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Annual Conference Computational Learning Theory
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通讯作者:
Tomer Koren
Tomer Koren
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作者:
Alon Cohen;Tamir Hazan;Tomer Koren

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我们重新研究了最优后悔率在强盗组合优化-一个基本框架下的不确定性,抽象了许多组合预测问题的顺序决策。我们证明,在这种情况下,可达到的遗憾增长为$widetilde{Theta}(k^{3/2}sqrt{dT})$,其中$d$是问题的维数,$k$是最大瞬时损失的界,反驳了Audibert,Bubeck和Lugosi(2013)的猜想,他们认为最佳速率应该是$widetilde{Theta}(ksqrt{dT})$的形式。我们的界限适用于几个重要的情况下的框架,特别是,意味着一个严格的约束研究的强盗最短路径问题。这样,我们也解决了Cesa-Bianchi和Lugosi(2012)提出的一个开放问题。
We revisit the study of optimal regret rates in bandit combinatorial optimization---a fundamental framework for sequential decision making under uncertainty that abstracts numerous combinatorial prediction problems. We prove that the attainable regret in this setting grows as $widetilde{Theta}(k^{3/2}sqrt{dT})$ where $d$ is the dimension of the problem and $k$ is a bound over the maximal instantaneous loss, disproving a conjecture of Audibert, Bubeck, and Lugosi (2013) who argued that the optimal rate should be of the form $widetilde{Theta}(ksqrt{dT})$. Our bounds apply to several important instances of the framework, and in particular, imply a tight bound for the well-studied bandit shortest path problem. By that, we also resolve an open problem posed by Cesa-Bianchi and Lugosi (2012).