An Asymptotically Optimal Index Policy for Finite-Horizon Restless Bandits

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Abstract: We consider restless multi-armed bandit (RMAB) with a finite horizon and multiple pulls per period. Leveraging the Lagrangian relaxation, we approximate the problem with a collection of single arm problems. We then propose an index-based policy that uses optimal solutions of the single arm problems to index individual arms, and offer a proof that it is asymptotically optimal as the number of arms tends to infinity. We also use simulation to show that this index-based policy performs better than the state-of-art heuristics in various problem settings.











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