On correlation and budget constraints in model−based bandit optimization with application to automatic machine learning

We address the problem of finding the maximizer of a nonlinear smooth function, that can only be evaluated point-wise, subject to constraints on the number of permitted function evaluations. This problem is also known as fixed-budget best arm identification in the multi-armed bandit literature. We i...

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Main Authors: Shahriari, B, Hoffman, M, de Freitas, N
Format: Conference item
Published: 2014