com.mwt.explorers

Interface Explorer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BootstrapExplorer, EpsilonGreedyExplorer, GenericExplorer, SoftmaxExplorer, TauFirstExplorer, VariableActionBootstrapExplorer, VariableActionEpsilonGreedyExplorer, VariableActionGenericExplorer, VariableActionSoftmaxExplorer, VariableActionTauFirstExplorer

public interface Explorer<T>

Exposes a method to choose an action given a generic context, and obtain the relevant exploration bits. Invokes Policy.chooseAction(T) internally. Do not implement this interface yourself: instead, use the various exploration algorithms below, which implement it for you.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DecisionTuple	chooseAction(long saltedSeed, T context) Determines the action to take and the probability with which it was chosen, for a given context.
void	enableExplore(boolean explore)

Method Detail

chooseAction

DecisionTuple chooseAction(long saltedSeed,
                           T context)

Determines the action to take and the probability with which it was chosen, for a given context.

Parameters:

saltedSeed - A PRG seed based on a unique id information provided by the user

context - A user-defined context for the decision

Returns:

The action to take, the probability it was chosen, and a flag indicating whether to record this decision

enableExplore

void enableExplore(boolean explore)