3 papers
cs.IR2025
Identifying and Upweighting Power-Niche Users to Mitigate Popularity Bias in Recommendations
David Liu, Erik Weis, Moritz Laber +2
Recommender systems have been shown to exhibit popularity bias by over-recommending popular items and under-recommending relevant niche items. We seek to understand niche users in…
physics.soc-ph2025
Effects of higher-order interactions and homophily on information access inequality
Moritz Laber, Samantha Dies, Joseph Ehlert +2
The spread of information through socio-technical systems determines which individuals are the first to gain access to opportunities and insights. Yet, the pathways through which i…
physics.soc-ph2025
Temporal dynamics of goal scoring in soccer
Guteraa Ayana, Alexander Ehlert, Joseph Ehlert +3
We investigated the temporal distribution of goals in soccer using event-level data from 3,433 matches across 21 leagues and competitions. Contrary to the prevailing notion of rand…