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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Beyond Disagreement-based Learning for Contextual Bandits

Pinaki Ranjan Mohanty (16522407) 26 July 2023 (has links)
<p>While instance-dependent contextual bandits have been previously studied, their analysis<br> has been exclusively limited to pure disagreement-based learning. This approach lacks a<br> nuanced understanding of disagreement and treats it in a binary and absolute manner.<br> In our work, we aim to broaden the analysis of instance-dependent contextual bandits by<br> studying them under the framework of disagreement-based learning in sub-regions. This<br> framework allows for a more comprehensive examination of disagreement by considering its<br> varying degrees across different sub-regions.<br> To lay the foundation for our analysis, we introduce key ideas and measures widely<br> studied in the contextual bandit and disagreement-based active learning literature. We<br> then propose a novel, instance-dependent contextual bandit algorithm for the realizable<br> case in a transductive setting. Leveraging the ability to observe contexts in advance, our<br> algorithm employs a sophisticated Linear Programming subroutine to identify and exploit<br> sub-regions effectively. Next, we provide a series of results tying previously introduced<br> complexity measures and offer some insightful discussion on them. Finally, we enhance the<br> existing regret bounds for contextual bandits by integrating the sub-region disagreement<br> coefficient, thereby showcasing significant improvement in performance against the pure<br> disagreement-based approach.<br> In the concluding section of this thesis, we do a brief recap of the work done and suggest<br> potential future directions for further improving contextual bandit algorithms within the<br> framework of disagreement-based learning in sub-regions. These directions offer opportuni-<br> ties for further research and development, aiming to refine and enhance the effectiveness of<br> contextual bandit algorithms in practical applications.<br> <br> </p>

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