Summary of Online Resource Allocation with Non-stationary Customers, by Xiaoyue Zhang et al.
Online Resource Allocation with Non-Stationary Customers
by Xiaoyue Zhang, Hanzhang Qin, Mabel C. Chou
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 Jan 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a novel algorithm for online resource allocation in scenarios where customer arrivals are non-stationary and click-through rates are unknown. The proposed scheme leverages insights from stochastic contextual bandits with knapsack constraints and online matching with adversarial arrivals to allocate resources efficiently. The approach achieves a “best-of-both-worlds” result, offering sublinear regret for near-stationary customer arrivals and an optimal competitive ratio under general (non-stationary) scenarios. Empirical evaluations demonstrate the algorithm’s effectiveness in generating near-optimal revenues across various customer scenarios. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about a new way to decide how to use limited resources when people are coming in at different rates. Right now, we don’t know how many people will come or what they’ll do once they’re there. The goal is to make the best decisions possible given this uncertainty. The researchers created an algorithm that can adapt to changing circumstances and still does a great job of making good choices. They tested it with lots of different scenarios and found that it works really well in almost all cases. |
