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multi-armed bandit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
mul-ti--armed ban-dit
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An algorithm that allocates a fixed limited set of resources between competing alternative choices so as to maximize the expected gain, when each choice's properties are only partially known at the time of allocation, and may become better understood as time passes or allocations are made.

Etymology

From one-armed bandit, by analogy with a gambler at a row of slot machines who has to decide how best to play them.

Inflected Forms

multi-armed bandits (plural)

Questions

What does multi-armed bandit mean?
An algorithm that allocates a fixed limited set of resources between competing alternative choices so as to maximize the expected gain, when each choice's properties are only partially known at the time of allocation, and may become better understood as time passes or allocations are made.
Where does multi-armed bandit come from?
From one-armed bandit, by analogy with a gambler at a row of slot machines who has to decide how best to play them.

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