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The name for an "A/B test" is "randomized control trial" (with two arms). There are also trials with more arms, like

* standard treatment + placebo

* standard treatment + some drug

* standard treatment + double amount of drug

and other combinations, like using two drugs in one arm.




Bandit algorithms aren't different only because they have multiple arms. They also follow the least possible amount of harm by updating the conclusions in a Bayesian style during the entire experiment, not only on the end.

They also can stand more arms appearing during the experiment after people know more.




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