4 papers
Algorithmic Content Selection and the Impact of User Disengagement
Emilio Calvano, Nika Haghtalab, Ellen Vitercik +1
Digital services face a fundamental trade-off in content selection: they must balance the immediate revenue gained from high-reward content against the long-term benefits of mainta…
Disincentivizing Polarization in Social Networks
Christian Borgs, Jennifer Chayes, Christian Ikeokwu +1
On social networks, algorithmic personalization drives users into filter bubbles where they rarely see content that deviates from their interests. We present a model for content cu…
Leveraging Reviews: Learning to Price with Buyer and Seller Uncertainty
Wenshuo Guo, Nika Haghtalab, Kirthevasan Kandasamy +1
In online marketplaces, customers have access to hundreds of reviews for a single product. Buyers often use reviews from other customers that share their type -- such as height for…
No-Regret Learning in Partially-Informed Auctions
Wenshuo Guo, Michael I. Jordan, Ellen Vitercik
Auctions with partially-revealed information about items are broadly employed in real-world applications, but the underlying mechanisms have limited theoretical support. In this wo…