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Why Ask One When You Can Ask $k$? Learning-to-Defer to the Top-$k$ Experts

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Main Authors:	Montreuil, Yannis, Carlier, Axel, Ng, Lai Xing, Ooi, Wei Tsang
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Machine Learning
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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