Online convex optimization with hard constraints: Towards the best of two worlds and beyond

H Guo, X Liu, H Wei, L Ying - Advances in Neural …, 2022 - proceedings.neurips.cc
This paper considers online convex optimization with hard constraints and analyzes
achievable regret and cumulative hard constraint violation (violation for short). The problem …

Learning equilibria in matching markets from bandit feedback

M Jagadeesan, A Wei, Y Wang… - Advances in …, 2021 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Large-scale, two-sided matching platforms must find market outcomes that align with user
preferences while simultaneously learning these preferences from data. But since …

Beyond regret for decentralized bandits in matching markets

S Basu, KA Sankararaman… - … on Machine Learning, 2021 - proceedings.mlr.press
We design decentralized algorithms for regret minimization in the two sided matching market
with one-sided bandit feedback that significantly improves upon the prior works (Liu et al …

Quantifying the cost of learning in queueing systems

D Freund, T Lykouris, W Weng - Advances in Neural …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Queueing systems are widely applicable stochastic models with use cases in
communication networks, healthcare, service systems, etc. Although their optimal control …

Dynamic placement in refugee resettlement

N Ahani, P Gölz, AD Procaccia, A Teytelboym… - Communications of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Employment outcomes of resettled refugees depend strongly on where they are placed
inside the host country. While the US sets refugee capacities for communities on an annual …

Online policies for efficient volunteer crowdsourcing

V Manshadi, S Rodilitz - Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Nonprofit crowdsourcing platforms such as food recovery organizations rely on volunteers to
perform time-sensitive tasks. Thus, their success crucially depends on efficient volunteer …

Learning and information in stochastic networks and queues

N Walton, K Xu - Tutorials in Operations Research …, 2021 - pubsonline.informs.org
We review the role of information and learning in the stability and optimization of queueing
systems. In recent years, techniques from supervised learning, online learning, and …

Data-driven hospital admission control: A learning approach

M Zhalechian, E Keyvanshokooh, C Shi… - Operations …, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
The choice of care unit upon admission to the hospital is a challenging task because of the
wide variety of patient characteristics, uncertain needs of patients, and limited number of …

Learning to defer in content moderation: The human-ai interplay

T Lykouris, W Weng - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.12237, 2024 - arxiv.org
Successful content moderation in online platforms relies on a human-AI collaboration
approach. A typical heuristic estimates the expected harmfulness of a post and uses fixed …

When is it beneficial to provide freelance suppliers with choice? A hierarchical approach for peer-to-peer logistics platforms

SS Mofidi, JA Pazour - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper proposes and evaluates a new hierarchical approach to peer-to-peer logistics
platforms, recasting the platform's role as one providing personalized menus of requests to …