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A conversation with James V. Zidek

Canadian Journal of Statistics, Volume 54, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract This article documents a series of exchanges between the authors and the senior Canadian statistician Jim Zidek in early 2026. The interview traces his life trajectory, surveying his principal contributions to statistics while offering insights into his motivations, successes, and challenges.
Christian Genest, Nancy E. Heckman
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding explore-exploit dynamics in child development: current insights and future directions

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology
Examining children's decisions to explore or exploit the environment provides a window into their developing metacognition and reflection capacities. Reinforcement learning, characterized by the balance between exploring new options (exploration) and ...
Seokyung Kim, Stephanie M. Carlson
doaj   +1 more source

‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words

History, Volume 111, Issue 397, Page 556-576, September 2026.
Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
wiley   +1 more source

A Note on the Bernoulli Two-Armed Bandit Problem

The Annals of Statistics, 1974
Suppose the arms of a two-armed bandit generate i.i.d. Bernoulli random variables with success probabilities $\rho$ and $\lambda$ respectively. It is desired to maximize the expected sum of $N$ trials where $N$ is fixed. If the prior distribution of $(\rho, \lambda)$ is concentrated at two points $(a, b)$ and $(c, d)$ in the unit square, a ...
openaire   +2 more sources

A War of Words: Framing the Austrian Civil War through the Language of the Combatants

History, Volume 111, Issue 397, Page 577-594, September 2026.
Abstract The Austrian civil war was a four‐day conflict in 1934 between the largest left‐wing paramilitary, the Schutzbund, and government forces aligned with the largest right‐wing paramilitary group, the Heimwehr. The Schutzbund was quickly and brutally suppressed through the use of overwhelming force, armoured vehicles and even artillery deployment ...
Jenna Byers
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Grouping within Minimax Optimal Strategy for Stochastic Multi-ArmedBandits in Reinforcement Learning Recommendation

Applied Sciences
The multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem is a typical problem of exploration and exploitation. As a classical MAB problem, the stochastic multi-armed bandit (SMAB) is the basis of reinforcement learning recommendation.
Jiamei Feng, Junlong Zhu, Xuhui Zhao, Zhihang Ji   +3 more
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‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 570-588, September 2026.
Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
wiley   +1 more source

Long–term information collection with energy harvesting wireless sensors: a multi–armed bandit based approach

, 2012
This paper reports on the development of a multi–agent approach to long-term information collection in networks of energy harvesting wireless sensors.
Jennings, Nick, Tran-Thanh, Long, Rogers, Alex   +2 more
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Distinct roles of striatal direct and indirect pathways in value-based decision making

eLife, 2019
The striatum is critically involved in value-based decision making. However, it is unclear how striatal direct and indirect pathways work together to make optimal choices in a dynamic and uncertain environment.
Shinae Kwak, Min Whan Jung
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Recommendation of Workplaces in a Coworking Building: A Cyber-Physical Approach Supported by a Context-Aware Multi-Agent System

Sensors, 2020
Recommender systems are able to suggest the most suitable items to a given user, taking into account the user’s and item`s data. Currently, these systems are offered almost everywhere in the online world, such as in e-commerce websites, newsletters, or ...
Luis Gomes, Carlos Almeida, Zita Vale
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