On Meritocracy in Optimal Set Selection
Document type :
Communication dans un congrès avec actes
Title :
On Meritocracy in Optimal Set Selection
Author(s) :
Buening, Thomas Kleine [Auteur]
University of Oslo [UiO]
Segal, Meirav [Auteur]
University of Oslo [UiO]
Basu, Debabrota [Auteur]
Scool [Scool]
George, Anne-Marie [Auteur]
University of Oslo [UiO]
Dimitrakakis, Christos [Auteur]
Université de Neuchâtel [UNINE]
University of Oslo [UiO]
Segal, Meirav [Auteur]
University of Oslo [UiO]
Basu, Debabrota [Auteur]
Scool [Scool]
George, Anne-Marie [Auteur]
University of Oslo [UiO]
Dimitrakakis, Christos [Auteur]
Université de Neuchâtel [UNINE]
Conference title :
EAAMO 2022- Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization
Conference organizers(s) :
ACM
City :
Arlington
Country :
Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Start date of the conference :
2022-10
Publication date :
2022-10-17
English keyword(s) :
Ethics of artificial intelligence
Meritocracy
Decision making under uncertainty
Utility Theory
Subset selection
Meritocracy
Decision making under uncertainty
Utility Theory
Subset selection
HAL domain(s) :
Informatique [cs]/Ordinateur et société [cs.CY]
Informatique [cs]/Apprentissage [cs.LG]
Informatique [cs]/Informatique et théorie des jeux [cs.GT]
Informatique [cs]/Apprentissage [cs.LG]
Informatique [cs]/Informatique et théorie des jeux [cs.GT]
English abstract : [en]
Typically, merit is defined with respect to some intrinsic measure of worth. We instead consider a setting where an individual’s worth is relative: when a decision maker (DM) selects a set of individuals from a population ...
Show more >Typically, merit is defined with respect to some intrinsic measure of worth. We instead consider a setting where an individual’s worth is relative: when a decision maker (DM) selects a set of individuals from a population to maximise expected utility, it is natural to consider the expected marginal contribution (EMC) of each person to the utility. We show that this notion satisfies an axiomatic definition of fairness for this setting. We also show that for certain policy structures, this notion of fairness is aligned with maximising expected utility, while for linear utility functions it is identical to the Shapley value. However, for certain natural policies, such as those that select individuals with a specific set of attributes (e.g. high enough test scores for college admissions), there is a trade-off between meritocracy and utility maximisation. We analyse the effect of constraints on the policy on both utility and fairness in an extensive experiments based on college admissions and outcomes in Norwegian universities.Show less >
Show more >Typically, merit is defined with respect to some intrinsic measure of worth. We instead consider a setting where an individual’s worth is relative: when a decision maker (DM) selects a set of individuals from a population to maximise expected utility, it is natural to consider the expected marginal contribution (EMC) of each person to the utility. We show that this notion satisfies an axiomatic definition of fairness for this setting. We also show that for certain policy structures, this notion of fairness is aligned with maximising expected utility, while for linear utility functions it is identical to the Shapley value. However, for certain natural policies, such as those that select individuals with a specific set of attributes (e.g. high enough test scores for college admissions), there is a trade-off between meritocracy and utility maximisation. We analyse the effect of constraints on the policy on both utility and fairness in an extensive experiments based on college admissions and outcomes in Norwegian universities.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
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