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20192026
most citedDouble Cross Validation for the Number of Factors in Approximate Factor Models

3 citations · 4 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

stat.ML2026

Empirical Likelihood-Based Fairness Auditing: Distribution-Free Certification and Flagging

Jie Tang, Chuanlong Xie, Xianli Zeng +1

Machine learning models in high-stakes applications, such as recidivism prediction and automated personnel selection, often exhibit systematic performance disparities across sensit…

stat.ML20241 cited

Minimax Optimal Fair Classification with Bounded Demographic Disparity

Xianli Zeng, Guang Cheng, Edgar Dobriban

Mitigating the disparate impact of statistical machine learning methods is crucial for ensuring fairness. While extensive research aims to reduce disparity, the effect of using a \…

stat.ML2024

FairRR: Pre-Processing for Group Fairness through Randomized Response

Xianli Zeng, Joshua Ward, Guang Cheng

The increasing usage of machine learning models in consequential decision-making processes has spurred research into the fairness of these systems. While significant work has been…

stat.ML2024

Bayes-Optimal Fair Classification with Linear Disparity Constraints via Pre-, In-, and Post-processing

Xianli Zeng, Kevin Jiang, Guang Cheng +1

Machine learning algorithms may have disparate impacts on protected groups. To address this, we develop methods for Bayes-optimal fair classification, aiming to minimize classifica…

stat.ME20193 cited

Double Cross Validation for the Number of Factors in Approximate Factor Models

Xianli Zeng, Yingcun Xia, Linjun Zhang

Determining the number of factors is essential to factor analysis. In this paper, we propose {an efficient cross validation (CV)} method to determine the number of factors in appro…