Multi-armed bandits in discrete and continuous time (Q1296724)

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Multi-armed bandits in discrete and continuous time
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    Multi-armed bandits in discrete and continuous time (English)
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    19 July 2000
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    This paper analyzes Gittin's Markovian model in discrete and continuous time. Using multi-parameter processes and excursion theory, the authors show that index-priority strategies are optimal and express the optimal value in terms of indices.
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    multi-armed bandits
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    optimal increasing paths
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    multiparameter process
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    excursion
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    local time
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    dual predictable projection
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