Abstract
We consider the problem of selecting a pool of individuals from several populations with incomparable skills (e.g. soccer players, mathematicians, and singers) in a fair manner. The quality of an individual is defined to be their relative rank (by cumulative distribution value) within their own population, which permits cross-population comparisons. We study algorithms which attempt to select the highest quality subset despite the fact that true CDF values are not known, and can only be estimated from the finite pool of candidates. Specifically, we quantify the regret in quality imposed by "meritocratic" notions of fairness, which require that individuals are selected with probability that is monotonically increasing in their true quality. We give algorithms with provable fairness and regret guarantees, as well as lower bounds, and provide empirical results which suggest that our algorithms perform better than the theory suggests.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 34th International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2017 |
Publisher | International Machine Learning Society (IMLS) |
Pages | 2905-2913 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510855144 |
State | Published - 2017 |
Event | 34th International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2017 - Sydney, Australia Duration: Aug 6 2017 → Aug 11 2017 |
Publication series
Name | 34th International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2017 |
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Volume | 4 |
Other
Other | 34th International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2017 |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Sydney |
Period | 8/6/17 → 8/11/17 |
Bibliographical note
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