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Quantifying Filter Bubbles: Analyzing Surprise in Elections
Sagar Massand, Swaprava Nath
This work analyses surprising elections, and attempts to quantify the notion of surprise in elections. A voter is surprised if their estimate of the winner (assumed to be based on…
Removing Bias and Incentivizing Precision in Peer-grading
Anujit Chakraborty, Jatin Jindal, Swaprava Nath
We study peer-grading with competitive graders who enjoy a higher utility when their peers get lower scores. We propose a new mechanism, PEQA, that incentivizes such graders throug…
Truthful ownership transfer with expert advice: Blending mechanism design with and without money
Ioannis Caragiannis, Aris Filos-Ratsikas, Swaprava Nath +1
When a company undergoes a merger or transfers its ownership, the existing governing body has an opinion on which buyer should take over as the new owner. Similar situations occur…
Surprise in Elections
Palash Dey, Pravesh K. Kothari, Swaprava Nath
Elections involving a very large voter population often lead to outcomes that surprise many. This is particularly important for the elections in which results affect the economy of…