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Pure Exploration in Kernel and Neural Bandits
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Measured effects reported in the paper
| What was changed | Where | Measured | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| use NeuralEmbedding instead of RAGE/ActionElim | NeuralEmbedding · Real-world datasets | sample complexity | Helped |
| linear methods (RAGE, LinearEmbedding) on nonlinear-reward Yahoo data | LinearEmbedding · Yahoo | success rate: 100% -> 88% | Hurt |
| KernelEmbedding vs LinearEmbedding on Yahoo | KernelEmbedding · Yahoo | success rate: 88% -> 98% | Helped |
| RAGE on Yahoo vs ActionElim | RAGE · Yahoo | success rate: 100% -> 90% | Hurt |
| NeuralEmbedding on MNIST success rate vs baselines | NeuralEmbedding · MNIST | success rate: 98% -> 100% | No clear effect |
| adaptive low-dimensional embedding vs RAGE on synthetic data as dimension grows | Embedding algorithms · Synthetic | sample complexity | Helped |
| increase number of arms for ActionElim | ActionElim · Synthetic | sample complexity | Hurt |
| KernelEmbedding/LinearEmbedding vs RAGE and ActionElim on synthetic | KernelEmbedding/LinearEmbedding · Synthetic | sample complexity | Helped |
| KernelEmbedding and LinearEmbedding vs neural on MNIST | KernelEmbedding · MNIST | sample complexity | No clear effect |
| outliers on Yahoo dataset | LinearEmbedding and RAGE · Yahoo | mean sample complexity | Hurt |
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