Bayesian Best-Arm Identification for Selecting Influenza Mitigation Strategies

no code implementations • 16 Nov 2017 • Pieter Libin, Timothy Verstraeten, Diederik M. Roijers, Jelena Grujic, Kristof Theys, Philippe Lemey, Ann Nowé

We evaluate these algorithms in a realistic experimental setting and demonstrate that it is possible to identify the optimal strategy using only a limited number of model evaluations, i. e., 2-to-3 times faster compared to the uniform sampling method, the predominant technique used for epidemiological decision making in the literature.

Decision Making Thompson Sampling