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Algorithms for Fairness in Sequential Decision Making

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arxiv 1901.08568 v2 pith:LUESMHGV submitted 2019-01-24 cs.LG stat.ML

classification cs.LGstat.ML
keywords effectsfairnessproposealgorithmsdecisionfeedbackmdpsaccount
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It has recently been shown that if feedback effects of decisions are ignored, then imposing fairness constraints such as demographic parity or equality of opportunity can actually exacerbate unfairness. We propose to address this challenge by modeling feedback effects as Markov decision processes (MDPs). First, we propose analogs of fairness properties for the MDP setting. Second, we propose algorithms for learning fair decision-making policies for MDPs. Finally, we demonstrate the need to account for dynamical effects using simulations on a loan applicant MDP.

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