4 papers
Buying Data of Unknown Quality: Fisher Information Procurement Auctions
Yuchen Hu, Martin J. Wainwright, Stephen Bates
We study statistical parameter estimation in the setting of data markets. A buyer seeks to estimate a parameter based on samples that can be purchased from competing providers that…
Residual-as-Teacher: Mitigating Bias Propagation in Student--Teacher Estimation
Kakei Yamamoto, Martin J. Wainwright
We study statistical estimation in a student--teacher setting, where predictions from a pre-trained teacher are used to guide a student model. A standard approach is to train the s…
Instance-Adaptive Hypothesis Tests with Heterogeneous Agents
Flora C. Shi, Martin J. Wainwright, Stephen Bates
We study hypothesis testing over a heterogeneous population of strategic agents with private information. Any single test applied uniformly across the population yields statistical…
Sharp Results for Hypothesis Testing with Risk-Sensitive Agents
Flora C. Shi, Stephen Bates, Martin J. Wainwright
Statistical protocols are often used for decision-making involving multiple parties, each with their own incentives, private information, and ability to influence the distributiona…