5 papers
Extended One-Liners for the Gamma, Poisson, and Binomial Distributions
Dylan Greaves
We demonstrate explicit transformations of three independent uniforms with exact Gamma, , Poisson, , and Binomial, , laws usi…
A proof of the strong Gaussian product inequality conjecture
Frédéric Ouimet, Dylan Greaves
Let be a centered Gaussian vector, not necessarily nondegenerate. It is proved that, for every , \[ \mathsf{E}\left[\prod_{i…
Pareto optimal proxy metrics
Alessandro Zito, Dylan Greaves, Jacopo Soriano +1
North star metrics and online experimentation play a central role in how technology companies improve their products. In many practical settings, however, evaluating experiments ba…
Fresh Content Needs More Attention: Multi-funnel Fresh Content Recommendation
Jianling Wang, Haokai Lu, Sai zhang +10
Recommendation system serves as a conduit connecting users to an incredibly large, diverse and ever growing collection of contents. In practice, missing information on fresh (and t…
A Pilot Design for Observational Studies: Using Abundant Data Thoughtfully
Rachael C. Aikens, Dylan Greaves, Michael Baiocchi
Observational studies often benefit from an abundance of observational units. This can lead to studies that -- while challenged by issues of internal validity -- have inferences de…