The best expert versus the smartest algorithm

  • Authors:
  • Peter Chen;Guoli Ding

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA;Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

  • Venue:
  • Theoretical Computer Science - Special issue: Online algorithms in memoriam, Steve Seiden
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of online prediction using expert advice. Under different assumptions, we give tight lower bounds on the gap between the best expert and any online algorithm that solves the problem.