3 papers
cs.GT2023
Determining Winners in Elections with Absent Votes
Qishen Han, Amélie Marian, Lirong Xia
An important question in elections is the determine whether a candidate can be a winner when some votes are absent. We study this determining winner with the absent votes (WAV) pro…
cs.LG2023
Explainable Disparity Compensation for Efficient Fair Ranking
Abraham Gale, Amélie Marian
Ranking functions that are used in decision systems often produce disparate results for different populations because of bias in the underlying data. Addressing, and compensating f…
cs.CY2022
Identifying Possible Winners in Ranked Choice Voting Elections with Outstanding Ballots
Alborz Jelvani, Amélie Marian
Several election districts in the US have recently moved to ranked-choice voting (RCV) to decide the results of local elections. RCV allows voters to rank their choices, and the re…