Optimal Activation of Halting Multi-Armed Bandit Models

Abstract

We study new types of dynamic allocation problems the Halting Bandit models. As an application, we obtain new proofs for the classic Gittins index decomposition result and recent results of the authors in `Multi-armed bandits under general depreciation and commitment.'

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