Keskeiset käsitteet
Optimizing profit in targeted marketing through bandit algorithms.
Tiivistelmä
The content discusses profit-maximization in targeted marketing using bandit algorithms. It introduces the problem, presents near-optimal algorithms, and proves regret bounds for different demand curve scenarios. The study focuses on optimizing revenue under various market conditions.
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Introduction
- Discusses revenue-maximizing mechanisms in economics.
- Highlights the challenge of unknown demand curves in pricing.
- Introduces the concept of advertising elasticity of demand.
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Bandit Algorithms for Marketing
- Presents a sequential profit-maximization problem.
- Introduces algorithms for optimizing profit in adversarial bandit settings.
- Discusses regret bounds for different types of demand curves.
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Variants of Targeted Marketing
- Explores subscription, promotional credit, and A/B test problems.
- Discusses memory effects and customer acquisition strategies.
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Contributions
- Formalizes profit maximization in bandit settings.
- Provides algorithms and regret bounds for targeted marketing.
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Key Challenges and Insights
- Discusses the challenge of choosing a common price across markets.
- Highlights the importance of decomposing the problem for efficient optimization.
Tilastot
"Our results are near-optimal algorithms for this class of problems in an adversarial bandit setting."
"We prove a regret upper bound of O(nT^3/4) for monotonic demand curves."
"For cost-concave demands, our regret bound matches well-known upper and lower bounds for pricing without shifting demand curves."
Lainaukset
"The firm can shift the demand curve through advertising."
"Our results are near-optimal algorithms for this class of problems in an adversarial bandit setting."