pub_bandit_epsgreedy.h

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/**@file   pub_bandit_epsgreedy.h
 * @ingroup PublicBanditMethods
 * @brief  public methods for the epsilon greedy bandit selector
 * @author Gregor Hendel
 */

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#ifndef SRC_SCIP_PUB_BANDIT_EPSGREEDY_H_
#define SRC_SCIP_PUB_BANDIT_EPSGREEDY_H_


#include "scip/def.h"
#include "scip/type_scip.h"
#include "scip/type_bandit.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**@addtogroup PublicBanditMethods
 *
 * ## Epsilon greedy
 *
 * Epsilon greedy is a randomized algorithm for the multi-armed bandit problem.
 *
 * In every iteration, it either
 * selects an action uniformly at random with
 * probability \f$ \varepsilon_t\f$
 * or it greedily exploits the best action seen so far with
 * probability \f$ 1 - \varepsilon_t \f$.
 * In this implementation, \f$ \varepsilon_t \f$ decreases over time
 * (number of selections performed), controlled by the epsilon parameter.
 *
 * @{
 */

/** create and resets an epsilon greedy bandit algorithm */
extern
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPcreateBanditEpsgreedy(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   SCIP_BANDIT**         epsgreedy,          /**< pointer to store the epsilon greedy bandit algorithm */
   SCIP_Real*            priorities,         /**< nonnegative priorities for each action, or NULL if not needed */
   SCIP_Real             eps,                /**< parameter to increase probability for exploration between all actions */
   SCIP_Bool             preferrecent,       /**< should the weights be updated in an exponentially decaying way? */
   SCIP_Real             decayfactor,        /**< the factor to reduce the weight of older observations if exponential decay is enabled */
   int                   avglim,             /**< nonnegative limit on observation number before the exponential decay starts,
                                               *  only relevant if exponential decay is enabled
                                               */
   int                   nactions,           /**< the number of possible actions */
   unsigned int          initseed            /**< initial seed for random number generation */
   );

/** get weights array of epsilon greedy bandit algorithm */
extern
SCIP_Real* SCIPgetWeightsEpsgreedy(
   SCIP_BANDIT*          epsgreedy           /**< epsilon greedy bandit algorithm */
   );

/** set epsilon parameter of epsilon greedy bandit algorithm */
extern
void SCIPsetEpsilonEpsgreedy(
   SCIP_BANDIT*          epsgreedy,          /**< epsilon greedy bandit algorithm */
   SCIP_Real             eps                 /**< parameter to increase probability for exploration between all actions */
   );

/* @} */



#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif