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Proportionally Fair Clustering

Machine Learning 2020-10-13 v3 Data Structures and Algorithms Computer Science and Game Theory Machine Learning

Abstract

We extend the fair machine learning literature by considering the problem of proportional centroid clustering in a metric context. For clustering nn points with kk centers, we define fairness as proportionality to mean that any n/kn/k points are entitled to form their own cluster if there is another center that is closer in distance for all n/kn/k points. We seek clustering solutions to which there are no such justified complaints from any subsets of agents, without assuming any a priori notion of protected subsets. We present and analyze algorithms to efficiently compute, optimize, and audit proportional solutions. We conclude with an empirical examination of the tradeoff between proportional solutions and the kk-means objective.

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@article{arxiv.1905.03674,
  title  = {Proportionally Fair Clustering},
  author = {Xingyu Chen and Brandon Fain and Liang Lyu and Kamesh Munagala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.03674},
  year   = {2020}
}

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To appear in ICML 2019

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