JMLR
2012
12 years 1 months ago
2012
This paper proposes a new randomized strategy for adaptive MCMC using Bayesian optimization. This approach applies to nondifferentiable objective functions and trades off explor...
CORR
2010
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
2010
Springer
We consider a combinatorial generalization of the classical multi-armed bandit problem that is defined as follows. There is a given bipartite graph of M users and N M resources. F...
TCBB
2010
13 years 6 months ago
2010
Markov chain Monte Carlo has been the standard technique for inferring the posterior distribution of genome rearrangement scenarios under a Bayesian approach. We present here a neg...
CORR
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2010
Springer
We consider an opportunistic spectrum access (OSA) problem where the time-varying condition of each channel (e.g., as a result of random fading or certain primary users' activ...
PE
2011
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2011
Springer
Structured QBDs by Abstraction Daniel Klink, Anne Remke, Boudewijn R. Haverkort, Fellow, IEEE, and Joost-Pieter Katoen, Member, IEEE Computer Society —This paper studies quantita...
CORR
2011
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2011
Springer
In this paper we study the online learning problem involving rested and restless multiarmed bandits with multiple plays. The system consists of a single player/user and a set of K...
APPROX
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2010
Springer
d Abstract) Thomas P. Hayes1 and Alistair Sinclair2 1 Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 2 Computer Science Division, University of California at Berkeley A &...
SIAMSC
2010
13 years 9 months ago
2010
Abstract. A smoothed aggregation multigrid method is presented for the numerical calculation of the stationary probability vector of an irreducible sparse Markov chain. It is shown...
SIAMSC
2010
13 years 9 months ago
2010
Abstract. An algebraic multigrid (AMG) method is presented for the calculation of the stationary probability vector of an irreducible Markov chain. The method is based on standard ...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2010
Springer
Recombination (also called crossover) operators are widely used in EAs to generate offspring solutions. Although the usefulness of recombination has been well recognized, theoretic...