Bandit Algorithms

33.6 Exercises 392 (a) Showα∗is continuous atν. (b) Prove thatE[τν(ε)]<∞for allε >0. (c) Prove thatE[τα(ε)]<∞for allε & ...

33.6 Exercises 393 (f) Join the dots to prove Theorem 33.10. 33.10 LetP be a distribution over the measurable setX,μ:X →[0,1] be ...

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34.2 Bayesian learning and the posterior distribution 395 (^001) 1 π 3 , minimax optimal π 2 , dominated π 1 , admissible π 4 , ...

34.2 Bayesian learning and the posterior distribution 396 distribution is called theposterior. This is simple and well defined w ...

34.2 Bayesian learning and the posterior distribution 397 effort developing the necessary tools in Chapter 2, it would seem a wa ...

34.2 Bayesian learning and the posterior distribution 398 a measure. By assuming that (Θ,G) is a Borel space this issue can be o ...

34.3 Conjugate pairs, conjugate priors and the exponential family 399 {X∈C}has measure zero and there is little cause to worry a ...

34.3 Conjugate pairs, conjugate priors and the exponential family 400 no amount of data can change their belief. On the other ha ...

34.3 Conjugate pairs, conjugate priors and the exponential family 401 The collection{Pθ:θ∈Θ}is called asingle parameter exponent ...

34.3 Conjugate pairs, conjugate priors and the exponential family 402 34.3.1 Sequences of random variables and the Markov chain ...

34.4 The Bayesian bandit environment 403 ThenS 1 ,S 2 ,...,Snis a Markov chain with the conditional distribution ofSt+1 givenSta ...

34.5 Posterior distributions in bandits 404 34.5 Posterior distributions in bandits Let (E,G,Q,P) be ak-armed Bayesian bandit en ...

34.6 Bayesian regret 405 34.6 Bayesian regret Recall that the regret of policyπink-armed bandit environmentνovernrounds is Rn(π, ...

34.7 Notes 406 3 The relationship between admissibility, Bayesian optimality and minimax optimality is one of the main topics of ...

34.8 Bibliographic remarks 407 side is the minimax regretR∗n(E). Choosing appropriate topologies onPand Qis not always easy. For ...

34.9 Exercises 408 Pθμfor allθ∈Θ and define q(θ|x) = ∫ pθ(x)q(θ) Θpψ(x)q(ψ)dν(ψ) , wherepθ(x) =dPθ/dμandq(θ) =dQ/dν. You may as ...

34.9 Exercises 409 34.10 Consider the setup in Example 34.2. A Bayesian learner observesX∼Pθ and should choose an actionAt∈[0,1] ...

34.9 Exercises 410 (a)Ifπis the unique Bayesian optimal policy given priorQ, thenπis admissible. (b)There is an example whenπis ...

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