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We introduce the Correlated Preference Bandits<\/em> problem with random utility-based choice models (RUMs), where the goal is to identify the best item from a given pool of\u00a0\\(n\\) items through online subsetwise preference feedback. We investigate whether models with a simple correlation structure, e.g., low rank, can result in faster learning rates. While we show that the problem can be impossible to solve for the general `low rank’ choice models, faster learning rates can be attained assuming more structured item correlations. In particular, we introduce a new class of Block-Rank<\/em> based RUM model, where the best item is shown to be\u00a0\\((\\epsilon ,\\delta )\\)-PAC learnable with only\u00a0\\(O(r{\\epsilon }_{-2}log(n\/\\delta ))\\)\u00a0samples. This improves on the standard sample complexity bound of\u00a0\\(O_~(n{\\epsilon }_{-2}log(1\/\\delta ))\\)\u00a0known for the usual learning algorithms which might not exploit the item-correlations (\\(r\\ll n\\)). We complement the above sample complexity with a matching lower bound (up to logarithmic factors), justifying the tightness of our analysis. Surprisingly, we also show a lower bound of\u00a0\\(\\Omega (n{\\epsilon }_{-2}log(1\/\\delta ))\\)\u00a0when the learner is forced to play just duels instead of larger subsetwise queries. Further, we extend the results to a more general `noisy Block-Rank<\/em>‘ model, which ensures robustness of our techniques. Overall, our results justify the advantage of playing subsetwise queries over pairwise preferences\u00a0\\((k=2)\\), we show the latter provably fails to exploit correlation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We introduce the Correlated Preference Bandits problem with random utility-based choice models (RUMs), where the goal is to identify the best item from a given pool of\u00a0 items through online subsetwise preference feedback. We investigate whether models with a simple correlation structure, e.g., low rank, can result in faster learning rates. 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