Geometric Preference Elicitation for Minimax Regret Optimization in Uncertainty Matroids

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Autores principales: Ellendula, Aditya Sai, Pujari, Arun K, Kumar, Vikas, Kagita, Venkateswara Rao
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Publicado: 2025
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author Ellendula, Aditya Sai
Pujari, Arun K
Kumar, Vikas
Kagita, Venkateswara Rao
author_facet Ellendula, Aditya Sai
Pujari, Arun K
Kumar, Vikas
Kagita, Venkateswara Rao
contents This paper presents an efficient preference elicitation framework for uncertain matroid optimization, where precise weight information is unavailable, but insights into possible weight values are accessible. The core innovation of our approach lies in its ability to systematically elicit user preferences, aligning the optimization process more closely with decision-makers' objectives. By incrementally querying preferences between pairs of elements, we iteratively refine the parametric uncertainty regions, leveraging the structural properties of matroids. Our method aims to achieve the exact optimum by reducing regret with a few elicitation rounds. Additionally, our approach avoids the computation of Minimax Regret and the use of Linear programming solvers at every iteration, unlike previous methods. Experimental results on four standard matroids demonstrate that our method reaches optimality more quickly and with fewer preference queries than existing techniques.
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spellingShingle Geometric Preference Elicitation for Minimax Regret Optimization in Uncertainty Matroids
Ellendula, Aditya Sai
Pujari, Arun K
Kumar, Vikas
Kagita, Venkateswara Rao
Machine Learning
This paper presents an efficient preference elicitation framework for uncertain matroid optimization, where precise weight information is unavailable, but insights into possible weight values are accessible. The core innovation of our approach lies in its ability to systematically elicit user preferences, aligning the optimization process more closely with decision-makers' objectives. By incrementally querying preferences between pairs of elements, we iteratively refine the parametric uncertainty regions, leveraging the structural properties of matroids. Our method aims to achieve the exact optimum by reducing regret with a few elicitation rounds. Additionally, our approach avoids the computation of Minimax Regret and the use of Linear programming solvers at every iteration, unlike previous methods. Experimental results on four standard matroids demonstrate that our method reaches optimality more quickly and with fewer preference queries than existing techniques.
title Geometric Preference Elicitation for Minimax Regret Optimization in Uncertainty Matroids
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18668