3 papers
cs.GT2026
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…
cs.GT2025
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…
stat.ME2024
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…