5 papers
Network and Risk Analysis of Surety Bonds
Tamara Broderick, Ali Jadbabaie, Vanessa Lin +3
Surety bonds are financial agreements between a contractor (principal) and obligee (project owner) to complete a project. However, most large-scale projects involve multiple contra…
Weak Identification in Peer Effects Estimation
William W. Wang, Ali Jadbabaie
It is commonly accepted that some phenomena are social: for example, individuals' smoking habits often correlate with those of their peers. Such correlations can have a variety of…
Multi-Objective LQR with Linear Scalarization
Ali Jadbabaie, Devavrat Shah, Sean R. Sinclair
We study finite approximation of the Pareto front for the multi-objective linear quadratic regulator (LQR). Classical results characterize Pareto-optimal controllers through weight…
Provable Guarantees for Generative Behavior Cloning: Bridging Low-Level Stability and High-Level Behavior
Adam Block, Ali Jadbabaie, Daniel Pfrommer +2
We propose a theoretical framework for studying behavior cloning of complex expert demonstrations using generative modeling. Our framework invokes low-level controllers - either le…
Unifying Epidemic Models with Mixtures
Arnab Sarker, Ali Jadbabaie, Devavrat Shah
The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the need for a robust understanding of epidemic models. Current models of epidemics are classified as either mechanistic or non-mechanistic: me…