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Regret Bounds for Noise-Free Kernel-Based Bandits

2020/02/12 by Sattar Vakili, Vakili, Sattar
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Engineering · #Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Machine Learning (stat.ML) #Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques #Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2002.05096

openalex publication_date 2020/02/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Kernel-based bandit is an extensively studied black-box optimization problem, in which the objective function is assumed to live in a known reproducing kernel Hilbert space. While nearly optimal regret bounds (up to logarithmic factors) are established in the noisy setting, surprisingly, less is known about the noise-free setting (when the exact values of the underlying function is accessible without observation noise). We discuss several upper bounds on regret; none of which seem order optimal, and provide a conjecture on the order optimal regret bound.

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