4 papers
Locally Optimal Solutions for Integer Programming Games
Pravesh Koirala, Mel Krusniak, Forrest Laine
Integer programming games (IPGs) are n-person games with integer strategy spaces. These games are used to model non-cooperative combinatorial decision-making and are used in domain…
Algorithmic collusion in a two-sided market: A rideshare example
Pravesh Koirala, Forrest Laine
With dynamic pricing on the rise, firms are using sophisticated algorithms for price determination. These algorithms are often non-interpretable and there has been a recent interes…
Laying Anchors: Semantically Priming Numerals in Language Modeling
Mandar Sharma, Rutuja Murlidhar Taware, Pravesh Koirala +2
Off-the-shelf pre-trained language models have become the de facto standard in NLP pipelines for a multitude of downstream tasks. However, the inability of these models to properly…
Decreasing Wages in Gig Economy: A Game Theoretic Explanation Using Mathematical Program Networks
Pravesh Koirala, Forrest Laine
Gig economy consists of two market groups connected via an intermediary. Popular examples are rideshares where passengers and drivers are mediated via platforms such as Uber and Ly…