Bandit Algorithms

Author : Tor Lattimore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108486827
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bandit Algorithms written by Tor Lattimore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and rigorous introduction for graduate students and researchers, with applications in sequential decision-making problems.

Author : John Myles White
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449341586
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bandit Algorithms for Website Optimization written by John Myles White and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When looking for ways to improve your website, how do you decide which changes to make? And which changes to keep? This concise book shows you how to use Multiarmed Bandit algorithms to measure the real-world value of any modifications you make to your site. Author John Myles White shows you how this powerful class of algorithms can help you boost website traffic, convert visitors to customers, and increase many other measures of success. This is the first developer-focused book on bandit algorithms, which were previously described only in research papers. You’ll quickly learn the benefits of several simple algorithms—including the epsilon-Greedy, Softmax, and Upper Confidence Bound (UCB) algorithms—by working through code examples written in Python, which you can easily adapt for deployment on your own website. Learn the basics of A/B testing—and recognize when it’s better to use bandit algorithms Develop a unit testing framework for debugging bandit algorithms Get additional code examples written in Julia, Ruby, and JavaScript with supplemental online materials

Author : Aleksandrs Slivkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680836202
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Multi-Armed Bandits written by Aleksandrs Slivkins and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Dorota Glowacka
Publisher : Foundations and Trends(r) in I
ISBN 13 : 9781680835748
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bandit Algorithms in Information Retrieval written by Dorota Glowacka and published by Foundations and Trends(r) in I. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph provides an overview of bandit algorithms inspired by various aspects of Information Retrieval. It is accessible to anyone who has completed introductory to intermediate level courses in machine learning and/or statistics.

Author : Sébastien Bubeck
Publisher : Now Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781601986269
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regret Analysis of Stochastic and Nonstochastic Multi-armed Bandit Problems written by Sébastien Bubeck and published by Now Pub. This book was released on 2012 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Tor Lattimore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108687490
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bandit Algorithms written by Tor Lattimore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decision-making in the face of uncertainty is a significant challenge in machine learning, and the multi-armed bandit model is a commonly used framework to address it. This comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the multi-armed bandit problem examines all the major settings, including stochastic, adversarial, and Bayesian frameworks. A focus on both mathematical intuition and carefully worked proofs makes this an excellent reference for established researchers and a helpful resource for graduate students in computer science, engineering, statistics, applied mathematics and economics. Linear bandits receive special attention as one of the most useful models in applications, while other chapters are dedicated to combinatorial bandits, ranking, non-stationary problems, Thompson sampling and pure exploration. The book ends with a peek into the world beyond bandits with an introduction to partial monitoring and learning in Markov decision processes.

Author : Tingwen Huang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642344879
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neural Information Processing written by Tingwen Huang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five volume set LNCS 7663, LNCS 7664, LNCS 7665, LNCS 7666 and LNCS 7667 constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2012, held in Doha, Qatar, in November 2012. The 423 regular session papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. These papers cover all major topics of theoretical research, empirical study and applications of neural information processing research. The 5 volumes represent 5 topical sections containing articles on theoretical analysis, neural modeling, algorithms, applications, as well as simulation and synthesis.

Author : Yuxi (Hayden) Liu
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1838553231
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book PyTorch 1.x Reinforcement Learning Cookbook written by Yuxi (Hayden) Liu and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implement reinforcement learning techniques and algorithms with the help of real-world examples and recipes Key FeaturesUse PyTorch 1.x to design and build self-learning artificial intelligence (AI) modelsImplement RL algorithms to solve control and optimization challenges faced by data scientists todayApply modern RL libraries to simulate a controlled environment for your projectsBook Description Reinforcement learning (RL) is a branch of machine learning that has gained popularity in recent times. It allows you to train AI models that learn from their own actions and optimize their behavior. PyTorch has also emerged as the preferred tool for training RL models because of its efficiency and ease of use. With this book, you'll explore the important RL concepts and the implementation of algorithms in PyTorch 1.x. The recipes in the book, along with real-world examples, will help you master various RL techniques, such as dynamic programming, Monte Carlo simulations, temporal difference, and Q-learning. You'll also gain insights into industry-specific applications of these techniques. Later chapters will guide you through solving problems such as the multi-armed bandit problem and the cartpole problem using the multi-armed bandit algorithm and function approximation. You'll also learn how to use Deep Q-Networks to complete Atari games, along with how to effectively implement policy gradients. Finally, you'll discover how RL techniques are applied to Blackjack, Gridworld environments, internet advertising, and the Flappy Bird game. By the end of this book, you'll have developed the skills you need to implement popular RL algorithms and use RL techniques to solve real-world problems. What you will learnUse Q-learning and the state–action–reward–state–action (SARSA) algorithm to solve various Gridworld problemsDevelop a multi-armed bandit algorithm to optimize display advertisingScale up learning and control processes using Deep Q-NetworksSimulate Markov Decision Processes, OpenAI Gym environments, and other common control problemsSelect and build RL models, evaluate their performance, and optimize and deploy themUse policy gradient methods to solve continuous RL problemsWho this book is for Machine learning engineers, data scientists and AI researchers looking for quick solutions to different reinforcement learning problems will find this book useful. Although prior knowledge of machine learning concepts is required, experience with PyTorch will be useful but not necessary.

Author : John White
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449341330
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bandit Algorithms for Website Optimization written by John White and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2013 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When looking for ways to improve your website, how do you decide which changes to make? And which changes to keep? This concise book shows you how to use Multiarmed Bandit algorithms to measure the real-world value of any modifications you make to your site. Author John Myles White shows you how this powerful class of algorithms can help you boost website traffic, convert visitors to customers, and increase many other measures of success. This is the first developer-focused book on bandit algorithms, which were previously described only in research papers. You’ll quickly learn the benefits of several simple algorithms—including the epsilon-Greedy, Softmax, and Upper Confidence Bound (UCB) algorithms—by working through code examples written in Python, which you can easily adapt for deployment on your own website. Learn the basics of A/B testing—and recognize when it’s better to use bandit algorithms Develop a unit testing framework for debugging bandit algorithms Get additional code examples written in Julia, Ruby, and JavaScript with supplemental online materials

Author : Marcus Hutter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540752242
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Algorithmic Learning Theory written by Marcus Hutter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, ALT 2007, held in Sendai, Japan, October 1-4, 2007, co-located with the 10th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2007. The 25 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of five invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They are dedicated to the theoretical foundations of machine learning.