Sequence prediction under a lying oracle

arXiv:2608.14102 · cs.LG, cs.IT, math.IT · Submitted 2026-08-14 · Read on arXiv

cs.LG, cs.IT, math.IT

Submitted: 2026-08-14

Updated: 2026-09-09

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Regret — 42× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Loss Function — 17× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Exponentially Weighted Online Optimizer — 3× in this paper
• IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory — 1× in this paper
• Redundancy — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The entropy of lies: playing twenty questions with a liar

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