Show HN: Bandit Algorithm for iOS, Android and Unity

For the DIY crowd, implementing this on your own is a straightforward (and fun) exercise.<p>I used the Javascript Bayesian Bandit library found here:<p><a href="https://github.com/omphalos/bayesian-bandit.js/blob/master/bayesian-bandit.js" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;omphalos&#x2F;bayesian-bandit.js&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;b...</a><p>I then used it to create a job that runs every 5 minutes on parse.com that updates an &#x27;order&#x27; field based on the 5 minute sample.<p>Then, from the client side, I simply do a query sorted by the &#x27;order&#x27; field and I get the top variant for that 5 minute interval. Works like a charm!

Have seen a lot of these services, but this is definitely worth checking out. I think Multi-armed bandits are the way to go with optimisation, and just won Startup Asia&#x27;s hackathon using this technique for a tinder-style app. A lot of people talk about learning from their customers, but few know how to really do it - understanding the math behind what&#x27;s going on gives me much better confidence when deploying this type of service... Great work sharing it in this way.

As a splitforce user this is pretty cool.. biggest issue is having to wait for conclusive results, whatever speeds this up and auto prunes away the losing options is welcome.

Getting Splitforce already at the test stages of development is one of the smartest things a game studio can do.

That custom scroll handler which overrides the native ios mobilesafari scroll handler is quite the annoying distraction. :-&#x2F;