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A Contextual Combinatorial Semi-Bandit Approach to Network Bottleneck Identification

Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Bottleneck identification is a challenging task in network analysis, especially when the network is not fully specified. To address this task, we develop a unified online learning framework based on combinatorial semi-bandits that performs bottleneck identification alongside learning the specifications of the underlying network. Within this framework, we adapt and investigate several combinatorial semi-bandit methods such as epsilon-greedy, LinUCB, BayesUCB, and Thompson Sampling. Our framework is able to employ contextual information in the form of contextual bandits. We evaluate our framework on the real-world application of road networks and demonstrate its effectiveness in different settings.
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4403582630
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