A Causal Perspective on Label Bias

V Mhasawade, A D'Amour, SR Pfohl - The 2024 ACM Conference on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Predictive models developed with machine learning techniques are commonly used to
inform decision making and resource allocation in high-stakes contexts, such as healthcare …

Experimenting on Markov Decision Processes with Local Treatments

S Chen, D Simchi-Levi, C Wang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.19618, 2024 - arxiv.org
Utilizing randomized experiments to evaluate the effect of short-term treatments on the short-
term outcomes has been well understood and become the golden standard in industrial …

Predicting Long Term Sequential Policy Value Using Softer Surrogates

H Nam, A Nie, G Gao, V Syrgkanis… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Performing policy evaluation in education, healthcare and online commerce can be
challenging, because it can require waiting substantial amounts of time to observe outcomes …

Short-Long Policy Evaluation with Novel Actions

HA Nam, Y Chandak, E Brunskill - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.03674, 2024 - arxiv.org
From incorporating LLMs in education, to identifying new drugs and improving ways to
charge batteries, innovators constantly try new strategies in search of better long-term …