Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori

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Regret Balancing for Bandit and RL Model Selection

We consider model selection in stochastic bandit and reinforcement learn...
06/09/2020 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 9 ∙ share

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Sample Efficient Graph-Based Optimization with Noisy Observations

We study sample complexity of optimizing "hill-climbing friendly" functi...
06/04/2020 ∙ by Tan Nguyen, et al. ∙ 10 ∙ share

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Model Selection in Contextual Stochastic Bandit Problems

We study model selection in stochastic bandit problems. Our approach rel...
03/03/2020 ∙ by Aldo Pacchiano, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Provably Efficient Adaptive Approximate Policy Iteration

Model-free reinforcement learning algorithms combined with value functio...
02/08/2020 ∙ by Botao Hao, et al. ∙ 15 ∙ share

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Exploration-Enhanced POLITEX

We study algorithms for average-cost reinforcement learning problems wit...
08/27/2019 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 1 ∙ share

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Thompson Sampling and Approximate Inference

We study the effects of approximate inference on the performance of Thom...
08/14/2019 ∙ by My Phan, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Bootstrapping Upper Confidence Bound

Upper Confidence Bound (UCB) method is arguably the most celebrated one ...
06/12/2019 ∙ by Botao Hao, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Large-Scale Markov Decision Problems via the Linear Programming Dual

We consider the problem of controlling a fully specified Markov decision...
01/06/2019 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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New Insights into Bootstrapping for Bandits

We investigate the use of bootstrapping in the bandit setting. We first ...
05/24/2018 ∙ by Sharan Vaswani, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Sharp Convergence Rates for Langevin Dynamics in the Nonconvex Setting

We study the problem of sampling from a distribution where the negative ...
05/04/2018 ∙ by Xiang Cheng, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Offline Evaluation of Ranking Policies with Click Models

Many web systems rank and present a list of items to users, from recomme...
04/27/2018 ∙ by Shuai Li, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Regret Bounds for Model-Free Linear Quadratic Control

Model-free approaches for reinforcement learning (RL) and continuous con...
04/17/2018 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Optimizing over a Restricted Policy Class in Markov Decision Processes

We address the problem of finding an optimal policy in a Markov decision...
02/26/2018 ∙ by Ershad Banijamali, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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A Continuation Method for Discrete Optimization and its Application to Nearest Neighbor Classification

The continuation method is a popular approach in non-convex optimization...
02/10/2018 ∙ by Ali Shameli, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Stochastic Low-Rank Bandits

Many problems in computer vision and recommender systems involve low-ran...
12/13/2017 ∙ by Branislav Kveton, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Posterior Sampling for Large Scale Reinforcement Learning

Posterior sampling for reinforcement learning (PSRL) is a popular algori...
11/21/2017 ∙ by Georgios Theocharous, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Conservative Contextual Linear Bandits

Safety is a desirable property that can immensely increase the applicabi...
11/19/2016 ∙ by Abbas Kazerouni, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Hit-and-Run for Sampling and Planning in Non-Convex Spaces

We propose the Hit-and-Run algorithm for planning and sampling problems ...
10/19/2016 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Online learning in MDPs with side information

We study online learning of finite Markov decision process (MDP) problem...
06/26/2014 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Linear Programming for Large-Scale Markov Decision Problems

We consider the problem of controlling a Markov decision process (MDP) w...
02/27/2014 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Online Learning in Markov Decision Processes with Adversarially Chosen Transition Probability Distributions

We study the problem of learning Markov decision processes with finite s...
03/12/2013 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Improved Mean and Variance Approximations for Belief Net Responses via Network Doubling

A Bayesian belief network models a joint distribution with an directed a...
05/09/2012 ∙ by Peter Hooper, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Online Least Squares Estimation with Self-Normalized Processes: An Application to Bandit Problems

The analysis of online least squares estimation is at the heart of many ...
02/14/2011 ∙ by Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori

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Regret Balancing for Bandit and RL Model Selection

Sample Efficient Graph-Based Optimization with Noisy Observations

Model Selection in Contextual Stochastic Bandit Problems

Provably Efficient Adaptive Approximate Policy Iteration

Exploration-Enhanced POLITEX

Thompson Sampling and Approximate Inference

Bootstrapping Upper Confidence Bound

Large-Scale Markov Decision Problems via the Linear Programming Dual

New Insights into Bootstrapping for Bandits

Sharp Convergence Rates for Langevin Dynamics in the Nonconvex Setting

Offline Evaluation of Ranking Policies with Click Models

Regret Bounds for Model-Free Linear Quadratic Control

Optimizing over a Restricted Policy Class in Markov Decision Processes

A Continuation Method for Discrete Optimization and its Application to Nearest Neighbor Classification

Stochastic Low-Rank Bandits

Posterior Sampling for Large Scale Reinforcement Learning

Conservative Contextual Linear Bandits

Hit-and-Run for Sampling and Planning in Non-Convex Spaces

Online learning in MDPs with side information

Linear Programming for Large-Scale Markov Decision Problems

Online Learning in Markov Decision Processes with Adversarially Chosen Transition Probability Distributions

Improved Mean and Variance Approximations for Belief Net Responses via Network Doubling

Online Least Squares Estimation with Self-Normalized Processes: An Application to Bandit Problems