Design and analysis of switchback experiments

I Bojinov, D Simchi-Levi, J Zhao - Management Science, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
Switchback experiments, where a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to random
treatments, are among the most prevalent designs used in the technology sector, with …

Balancing covariates in randomized experiments with the gram–schmidt walk design

C Harshaw, F Sävje, DA Spielman… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The design of experiments involves a compromise between covariate balance and
robustness. This article provides a formalization of this tradeoff and describes an …

Design of panel experiments with spatial and temporal interference

T Ni, I Bojinov, J Zhao - Available at SSRN 4466598, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
One of the main practical challenges companies face when running experiments (or A/B
tests) over a panel is interference, the setting where one experimental unit's treatment …

Pigeonhole design: Balancing sequential experiments from an online matching perspective

J Zhao, Z Zhou - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
Practitioners and academics have long appreciated the benefits of covariate balancing
when they conduct randomized experiments. For web-facing firms running online A/B tests …

Efficient Switchback Experiments with Surrogate Variables: Estimation and Experimental Design

H Chen, D Simchi-Levi - Available at SSRN 4436643, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Switchback experiments, where the experimental units are assigned to control and treatment
interchangeably over time, have gained increasing popularity in recent years due to their …

[PDF][PDF] Stratifying online field experiments using the pigeonhole design

J Zhao, Z Zhou - Available at SSRN, 2022 - academia.edu
Practitioners and academics have long appreciated the benefits that experimentation brings
to firms. For online web-facing firms, however, it still remains challenging in handling …

Data Driven Operations: From Algorithm Development to Experimental Design

J Zhao - 2021 - dspace.mit.edu
Digital innovation has gained increasing attention in today's world. The explosion of data
that is generated through modern marketplaces provides new opportunities to use data …

Algorithmic Advances for the Design and Analysis of Randomized Experiments

C Harshaw - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Randomized experiments are the gold standard for investigating the causal effect of
treatment on a population. In this dissertation, we present algorithmic advances for three …