Thompson Sampling is an algorithm that can be used to analyze multi-armed bandit problems. Imagine you're in a casino standing in front of three slot machines. You have 10 free plays. Each machine ...
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By Courtney Kennedy, Andrew Mercer, Scott Keeter, Nick Hatley, Kyley McGeeney and Alejandra Gimenez As the costs and nonresponse rates of traditional, probability-based surveys seem to grow each year, ...