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Phased Exploration with Greedy Exploitation in Stochastic Combinatorial Partial Monitoring Games

NeurIPS 2016 · Bandits and online learning › Contextual bandits and Thompson sampling · approach: Practical contextual bandit extensions · 52 citations (OpenAlex)

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What was changedWhereMeasuredEffect
Replace GCB's confidence-bound exploration with phased forced exploration plus greedy exploitation (PEGE)CPM learner · Stochastic CPM regretdistribution independent regretHelped
PEGE with C(a)=h a, alpha=1, beta=1 (linearly growing exploration, exponential exploitation)PEGE · Stochastic CPM regretdistribution dependent regretHelped
Add gap estimation stage before PEGE (PEGE2), with fallback to pure exploitation when threshold T0 exceededPEGE · Stochastic CPM regretdistribution dependent regretHelped
Improper tuning of h in PEGE can add a large additive constant to regret; h must scale with the gapPEGE · Stochastic CPM regretadditive regret constantHurt
Online ranking with feedback at top: PEGE applied when unique optimal ranking assumption failsPEGE · Online ranking with top feedback (stochastic)regret orderNo clear effect

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