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Sahel Iqbal, Tom Rainforth

The authors introduce usage-aware Bayesian experimental design, which optimizes data collection for a fixed downstream decision rule rather than the experimenter’s preferred action. It recovers standard design when the rule is the experimenter’s Bayes act. In a simulated trial, adaptive design yields €57.79 million versus €52.27 million for the matched single-stage design; this is not a real-trial outcome.

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