Browsing by Subject "fairness"
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(2016-07-11)Fairness is a central topic in ethics, political science and economics. A variety of economic questions, such as charitable donation, welfare programs, taxation of income and inheritances, are closely associated with ...
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(2019-08-27)The purpose of this case study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions of fairness under the new Texas teacher evaluation system (T-TESS). Using the theoretical framework of procedural justice, the qualitative study ...
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In 1985 it was shown by Fischer et al. that consensus, a fundamental problem in distributed computing, was impossible in asynchronous distributed systems in the presence of even just one process failure. This result prompted ...
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(2013-03-28)Differential pricing is a contentious issue within the business environment. The public’s reaction to price discrimination varies widely from discontent to indifference. I hypothesize that buyers who do not benefit from ...
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(2014-08-05)In this thesis, we studied the problem of designing a down link scheduling policy to serve multiple types of clients from a base station in a time-varying wireless network. An ideal scheduling policy is fair among the ...
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(2022-06-03)Recommender systems have become essential conduits: they can shape the media we consume, the jobs we seek, and even the friendships and professional contacts that form our social circles. With such a wide usage and impact, ...