Core Concepts
Optimizing profit in targeted marketing through bandit algorithms.
Abstract
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.
Introduction
Discusses revenue-maximizing mechanisms in economics.
Highlights the challenge of unknown demand curves in pricing.
Introduces the concept of advertising elasticity of demand.
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.
Variants of Targeted Marketing
Explores subscription, promotional credit, and A/B test problems.
Discusses memory effects and customer acquisition strategies.
Contributions
Formalizes profit maximization in bandit settings.
Provides algorithms and regret bounds for targeted marketing.
Key Challenges and Insights
Discusses the challenge of choosing a common price across markets.
Highlights the importance of decomposing the problem for efficient optimization.
Stats
"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."
Quotes
"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."