Bandit Algorithms for Website Optimization

Author:   John Myles White
Publisher:   O'Reilly Media
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9781306811170


Pages:   60
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Format:   Electronic book text
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Bandit Algorithms for Website Optimization


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When looking for ways to improve your website, how do you decide which changes to make? And which changes to keep? This concise book shows you how to use Multiarmed Bandit algorithms to measure the real-world value of any modifications you make to your site. Author John Myles White shows you how this powerful class of algorithms can help you boost website traffic, convert visitors to customers, and increase many other measures of success.This is the first developer-focused book on bandit algorithms, which were previously described only in research papers. You ll quickly learn the benefits of several simple algorithms including the epsilon-Greedy, Softmax, and Upper Confidence Bound (UCB) algorithms by working through code examples written in Python, which you can easily adapt for deployment on your own website.Learn the basics of A/B testing and recognize when it s better to use bandit algorithmsDevelop a unit testing framework for debugging bandit algorithmsGet additional code examples written in Julia, Ruby, and JavaScript with supplemental online materials

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Author:   John Myles White
Publisher:   O'Reilly Media
Imprint:   O'Reilly Media
ISBN:  

9781306811170


ISBN 10:   1306811171
Pages:   60
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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