It's so incredible you should not believe it.
Multi-armed bandits were introduced in the 50s, years after the end of World War 2.
Multi-armed bandits were introduced in the 50s, years after the end of World War 2.
> As I said, the problem is a classic one; it was formulated during the war, and efforts to solve it so sapped the energies and minds of Allied analysts that the suggestion was made that the problem be dropped over Germany, as the ultimate instrument of intellectual sabotage.
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