Practice Upper Confidence Bound (ucb) (9.8.3.3) - Reinforcement Learning and Bandits
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Upper Confidence Bound (UCB)

Practice - Upper Confidence Bound (UCB)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does UCB stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about the balance between exploration and rewards.

Question 2 Easy

Why is it important to factor in uncertainty in the UCB strategy?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when we only stick with known rewards.

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Question 1

What does UCB primarily help with in multi-armed bandit problems?

Maximizes profit
Balances exploration and exploitation
Minimizes costs

💡 Hint: Consider why strategies are needed when facing uncertain outcomes.

Question 2

True or False: UCB encourages exploration based on the confidence of action estimates.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how uncertainty influences decision-making.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a simple algorithm using the UCB methodology for selecting which products to recommend in an e-commerce platform. Describe key challenges.

💡 Hint: Reflect on how to proportionally adjust the selection based on feedback.

Challenge 2 Hard

Consider a scenario where multiple applications of UCB could lead to conflicting recommendations. How would you resolve these discrepancies in a real system?

💡 Hint: Think about using consensus or averages from multiple sources to balance decisions.

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