Abstract: Linear bandits and contextual bandits are online learning problems that have a wide range of applications, including recommendation systems, healthcare and many others. For instance, a search for “linear contextual bandit” on Google Scholar over the past five years yields over 17,000 papers. In contextual bandits, a…

Abstract: As the deployment of 5G networks continues to expand, mobile devices such as smartphones, IoT devices, and vehicles are poised to benefit from wider spectrum and faster speed. However, such advantages come with a cost: with 5G's shorter communication range and dense deployments, a device often needs to switch its…