Summary
Initialize MAB-UCB from greedy's solution instead of random, so it spends exploration budget discovering if alternatives are better in practice rather than rediscovering what greedy already knows.
Why
Greedy set-cover already produces good on-paper relay assignments (wins 23/26 profiles). MAB-UCB currently starts from scratch and needs many rounds just to converge on what greedy finds for free. Warm-starting would let MAB focus its exploration budget on testing whether greedy's choices actually deliver events — the real question.
What to do
- Run greedy first to get an initial relay set
- Initialize MAB arm counts using greedy's assignments as prior successes
- Let MAB explore outward from that starting point
- Benchmark against cold-start MAB-UCB across all 6 time windows
Effort
Medium — requires wiring greedy output into MAB initialization.
Reference
- IMPLEMENTATION-GUIDE.md: Improvement Opportunities (medium effort)
Summary
Initialize MAB-UCB from greedy's solution instead of random, so it spends exploration budget discovering if alternatives are better in practice rather than rediscovering what greedy already knows.
Why
Greedy set-cover already produces good on-paper relay assignments (wins 23/26 profiles). MAB-UCB currently starts from scratch and needs many rounds just to converge on what greedy finds for free. Warm-starting would let MAB focus its exploration budget on testing whether greedy's choices actually deliver events — the real question.
What to do
Effort
Medium — requires wiring greedy output into MAB initialization.
Reference