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cs.CY2025
Optimizing Library Usage and Browser Experience: Application to the New York Public Library
Zhi Liu, Wenchang Zhu, Sarah Rankin +1
We tackle the challenge brought to urban library systems by the {holds system} -- which allows users to request books available at other branches to be transferred for local pickup…
cs.CY2024
Redesigning Service Level Agreements: Equity and Efficiency in City Government Operations
Zhi Liu, Nikhil Garg
We study how government should allocate resources (e.g., maintenance of public infrastructure) over time, efficiently and equitably -- when these desiderata may conflict. In partic…
cs.CY2024
Addressing Discretization-Induced Bias in Demographic Prediction
Evan Dong, Aaron Schein, Yixin Wang +1
Racial and other demographic imputation is necessary for many applications, especially in auditing disparities and outreach targeting in political campaigns. The canonical approach…