Online Preselection with Context Information under the Plackett-Luce Model El Mesaoudi-Paul, Adil Bengs, Viktor Hüllermeier, Eyke We consider an extension of the contextual multi-armed bandit problem, in which, instead of selecting a single alternative (arm), a learner is supposed to make a preselection in the form of a subset of alternatives. More specifically, in each iteration, the learner is presented a set of arms and a context, both described in terms of feature vectors. The task of the learner is to preselect $k$ of these arms, among which a final choice is made in a second step. In our setup, we assume that each arm has a latent (context-dependent) utility, and that feedback on a preselection is produced according to a Plackett-Luce model. We propose the CPPL algorithm, which is inspired by the well-known UCB algorithm, and evaluate this algorithm on synthetic and real data. In particular, we consider an online algorithm selection scenario, which served as a main motivation of our problem setting. Here, an instance (which defines the context) from a certain problem class (such as SAT) can be solved by different algorithms (the arms), but only $k$ of these algorithms can actually be run. 2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint doc-type:preprint text http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_816b https://ris.uni-paderborn.de/record/18017 El Mesaoudi-Paul A, Bengs V, Hüllermeier E. Online Preselection with Context Information under the Plackett-Luce  Model. <i>arXiv:200204275</i>. eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess