3 papers
cs.LG2026
Variance Driven Exploration: A Provable and Efficient Methodology for Pure Exploration in Highly Stochastic Environments
Khang Luong, Nam Nguyen, Hoang Ta +2
We propose Variance Driven Exploration (VarDE), a principled approach for pure exploration in highly stochastic environments, where the exploration process is dominated by stochast…
math.CO2026
Near-Optimal Covering Sequences
Hoang Ta, Van Khu Vu
An -covering sequence over a finite alphabet is a cyclic sequence whose consecutive length- windows form a covering code of radius . Equival…
cs.IT2026
Block Tensor Rank of Sum-Rank Metric Codes
Huimin Lao, Huy Pham, Hoang Ta +1
Sum-rank codes provide a generalized framework for Hamming and rank-metric codes, with codewords represented as tuples of matrices and weight given by the sum of the block ranks. I…