# Nearly Dimension-Independent Sparse Linear Bandit over Small Action Spaces via Best Subset Selection

@article{Wang2022NearlyDS,
title={Nearly Dimension-Independent Sparse Linear Bandit over Small Action Spaces via Best Subset Selection},
author={Yining Wang and Yi Chen and Ethan X. Fang and Zhaoran Wang and Runze Li},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2022},
volume={abs/2009.02003}
}
• Published 4 September 2020
• Computer Science
• ArXiv
We consider the stochastic contextual bandit problem under the high dimensional linear model. We focus on the case where the action space is finite and random, with each action associated with a randomly generated contextual covariate. This setting finds essential applications such as personalized recommendation, online advertisement, and personalized medicine. However, it is very challenging as we need to balance exploration and exploitation. We propose doubly growing epochs and estimating the…
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