2 papers
cs.LG2023
Approximating a RUM from Distributions on k-Slates
Flavio Chierichetti, Mirko Giacchini, Ravi Kumar +2
In this work we consider the problem of fitting Random Utility Models (RUMs) to user choices. Given the winner distributions of the subsets of size of a universe, we obtain a p…
cs.DL2012
Your Two Weeks of Fame and Your Grandmother's
James Cook, Atish Das Sarma, Alex Fabrikant +1
Did celebrity last longer in 1929, 1992 or 2009? We investigate the phenomenon of fame by mining a collection of news articles that spans the twentieth century, and also perform a…