Proportional Fairness in Clustering: A Social Choice Perspective

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Main Authors: Kellerhals, Leon, Peters, Jannik
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author Kellerhals, Leon
Peters, Jannik
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Peters, Jannik
contents We study the proportional clustering problem of Chen et al. [ICML'19] and relate it to the area of multiwinner voting in computational social choice. We show that any clustering satisfying a weak proportionality notion of Brill and Peters [EC'23] simultaneously obtains the best known approximations to the proportional fairness notion of Chen et al. [ICML'19], but also to individual fairness [Jung et al., FORC'20] and the "core" [Li et al. ICML'21]. In fact, we show that any approximation to proportional fairness is also an approximation to individual fairness and vice versa. Finally, we also study stronger notions of proportional representation, in which deviations do not only happen to single, but multiple candidate centers, and show that stronger proportionality notions of Brill and Peters [EC'23] imply approximations to these stronger guarantees.
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spellingShingle Proportional Fairness in Clustering: A Social Choice Perspective
Kellerhals, Leon
Peters, Jannik
Machine Learning
Computers and Society
Computer Science and Game Theory
We study the proportional clustering problem of Chen et al. [ICML'19] and relate it to the area of multiwinner voting in computational social choice. We show that any clustering satisfying a weak proportionality notion of Brill and Peters [EC'23] simultaneously obtains the best known approximations to the proportional fairness notion of Chen et al. [ICML'19], but also to individual fairness [Jung et al., FORC'20] and the "core" [Li et al. ICML'21]. In fact, we show that any approximation to proportional fairness is also an approximation to individual fairness and vice versa. Finally, we also study stronger notions of proportional representation, in which deviations do not only happen to single, but multiple candidate centers, and show that stronger proportionality notions of Brill and Peters [EC'23] imply approximations to these stronger guarantees.
title Proportional Fairness in Clustering: A Social Choice Perspective
topic Machine Learning
Computers and Society
Computer Science and Game Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.18162