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Re:Why Multi-armed Bandit algorithms are superior to A/B tes... by kevinconroy on Sunday June 03, 2012 @11:18AM (#4060918)
This article suggests another option: Run UCB1 (a specific MAB variation) from day one and you'll get benefits of MAB without limitations of A/B testing or mathematical fallacies of the prior 20 lines of code MAB for n-cell tests.
Re:Why Multi-armed Bandit algorithms are superior to A/B tes... by luigi on Sunday June 03, 2012 @12:07PM (#4061088)
I thought the article was suggesting that step #1 is part of UCB1?