Practice The Bandit Problem: K Arms, Unknown Rewards - 9.9.1 | 9. Reinforcement Learning and Bandits | Advance Machine Learning
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9.9.1 - The Bandit Problem: K Arms, Unknown Rewards

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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does Multi-Armed Bandit mean?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think of casino slot machines.

Question 2

Easy

Define exploration in the context of the bandit problem.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Why would you want to try new things?

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is the exploration-exploitation trade-off?

  • Choosing options based on feel
  • Balancing trying new actions vs. leveraging known rewards
  • Only focusing on the highest performing option

πŸ’‘ Hint: Understand why exploring is just as critical as exploiting!

Question 2

Are contextual bandits dependent on additional information?

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how context can affect outcomes.

Solve 3 more questions and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Design a scenario involving K arms with known reward distributions. How would you develop an effective exploration strategy using Ξ΅-greedy?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how gradual change can improve learning.

Question 2

In a real-world application utilizing contextual bandits for advertising, outline how you would implement the Thompson Sampling technique.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how context provides insights for better sampling.

Challenge and get performance evaluation