Summary of Meta Learning in Bandits Within Shared Affine Subspaces, by Steven Bilaj et al.
Meta Learning in Bandits within Shared Affine Subspaces
by Steven Bilaj, Sofien Dhouib, Setareh Maghsudi
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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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 explores meta-learning for contextual stochastic bandits by identifying a low-dimensional affine subspace that many bandits concentrate around. The authors propose two strategies to solve this problem: one based on optimism in uncertainty and another via Thompson sampling. These methods are theoretically analyzed and show significant regret reduction on various bandit tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about teaching machines to learn from experience and make good decisions quickly when faced with new situations. It’s like a superpower that helps them adapt fast! The authors came up with two clever ways to do this, which they tested and found to be really effective in solving certain problems. This research has big implications for how we design machines to work better in the future. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Meta learning
