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Linear Ensemble Sampling with Smaller Ensembles

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 12, 2026 · UTC

Ensemble sampling offers a practical approach to randomized exploration by maintaining a collection of models, but how small an ensemble can be while retaining strong regret guarantees remains unresolved. In particular, the existing guarantees use an ensemble size of $Θ(d\log T)$, leaving a logarithmic gap in the horizon $T$ relative to the intrinsic $Ω(d)$ ensemble-size barrier. We aim to narrow this gap by proposing an ensemble sampling algorithm that refreshes the ensemble only when the regularized Gram matrix changes substantially. This mechanism localizes the perturbation analysis to epoc

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