4 papers
The Complexity of Tullock Contests
Yu He, Fan Yao, Yang Yu +3
Despite the extensive literature on Tullock contests, computational results for the general model with heterogeneous contestants remain scarce. This paper studies the algorithmic c…
Strategic Filtering for Content Moderation: Free Speech or Free of Distortion?
Saba Ahmadi, Avrim Blum, Haifeng Xu +1
User-generated content (UGC) on social media platforms is vulnerable to incitements and manipulations, necessitating effective regulations. To address these challenges, those platf…
Unveiling User Satisfaction and Creator Productivity Trade-Offs in Recommendation Platforms
Fan Yao, Yiming Liao, Jingzhou Liu +4
On User-Generated Content (UGC) platforms, recommendation algorithms significantly impact creators' motivation to produce content as they compete for algorithmically allocated user…
Learning from Imperfect Human Feedback: a Tale from Corruption-Robust Dueling
Yuwei Cheng, Fan Yao, Xuefeng Liu +1
This paper studies Learning from Imperfect Human Feedback (LIHF), addressing the potential irrationality or imperfect perception when learning from comparative human feedback. Buil…