Summary of Ibcb: Efficient Inverse Batched Contextual Bandit For Behavioral Evolution History, by Yi Xu et al.
IBCB: Efficient Inverse Batched Contextual Bandit for Behavioral Evolution History
by Yi Xu, Weiran Shen, Xiao Zhang, Jun Xu
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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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 addresses a challenge in traditional imitation learning by proposing an inverse batched contextual bandit (IBCB) framework that can efficiently learn from the behavioral evolution history of online decision-makers, rather than relying solely on data from experienced experts. The IBCB framework formulates the inverse problem as a simple quadratic programming problem and demonstrates its effectiveness in outperforming existing imitation learning algorithms on both synthetic and real-world data, while also reducing running time and exhibiting better out-of-distribution generalization. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us learn from people’s behavior online. Usually, we try to mimic the actions of experts, but what if we want to learn from someone who is still improving? This new approach, called IBCB, allows us to do just that by looking at how a person changes their behavior over time. It’s like learning from a novice expert who becomes more experienced. The results show that this method works better than others and can even generalize to new situations. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Generalization
