提出新方法让线性强化学习在高维下也能高效且低误差。
Revisiting Matrix Sketching in Linear Bandits: Achieving Sublinear Regret via Dyadic Block Sketching
- 采用分块动态调整的多尺度矩阵压缩技术
- 实现无需先验知识的次线性后悔率
- 适合高维在线学习与资源受限场景
线性老虎机已成为在线学习与序列决策的核心,为探索与利用的平衡提供了坚实的理论基础。矩阵压缩在此领域中是实现计算效率的关键,尤其在高维问题中。基于压缩的方法将每轮复杂度从 $Ω(d^2)$ 降低至 $O(dl)$,其中 $d$ 为维度,$l<d$ 为压缩尺寸。然而,这种效率代价带来根本缺陷:当流式矩阵具有重尾谱特性时,算法可能产生无意义的线性后悔。本文重新审视压缩型线性老虎机的后悔界与算法设计。分析表明,不恰当的压缩尺寸会导致显著谱误差,严重破坏后悔保证。为此,我们提出“二分块压缩”(Dyadic Block Sketching),一种动态调整压缩大小的新型多尺度矩阵压缩方法。将其应用于线性老虎机,证明新算法可在无需知晓流式矩阵性质的前提下实现次线性后悔。该方法建立了一个通用的高效压缩型线性老虎机框架,可与任意提供协方差保证的压缩方法集成。全面实验验证了该方法在实用与效率间的优越权衡。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Linear bandits have become a cornerstone of online learning and sequential decision-making, providing solid theoretical foundations for balancing exploration and exploitation. Within this domain, matrix sketching serves as a critical component for achieving computational efficiency, especially when confronting high-dimensional problem instances. The sketch-based approaches reduce per-round complexity from $Ω(d^2)$ to $O(dl)$, where $d$ is the dimension and $l<d$ is the sketch size. However, this computational efficiency comes with a fundamental pitfall: when the streaming matrix exhibits heavy spectral tails, such algorithms can incur vacuous \textit{linear regret}. In this paper, we revisit the regret bounds and algorithmic design for sketch-based linear bandits. Our analysis reveals that inappropriate sketch sizes can lead to substantial spectral error, severely undermining regret guarantees. To overcome this issue, we propose Dyadic Block Sketching, a novel multi-scale matrix sketching approach that dynamically adjusts the sketch size during the learning process. We apply this technique to linear bandits and demonstrate that the new algorithm achieves \textit{sublinear regret} bounds without requiring prior knowledge of the streaming matrix properties. It establishes a general framework for efficient sketch-based linear bandits, which can be integrated with any matrix sketching method that provides covariance guarantees. Comprehensive experimental evaluation demonstrates the superior utility-efficiency trade-off achieved by our approach.
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