multi-armed bandits

A form of multi-armed bandit — 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.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of multi-armed bandit
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