What's the best decision?!?! [An expository talk]
Speaker:
Mihai Nica, University of Toronto
Date and Time:
Monday, November 18, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 210
Abstract:
[All advanced undergraduates and grad students welcome!] How do you choose from many different options when you don't have all the information? In this expository talk, we will analyze a model for this situation known as the "multi-armed bandit" problem. We will look at applications of this problem to Netflix shows and Google DeepMind's AlphaZero AI, which has achieved superhuman play in games like Chess, Shogi and Go.