Designing Fair Ranking Systems: Mitigating Bias in Data
Designing Fair Ranking Schemes
Abstract
Items from a database are often ranked based on a combination of criteria. The weight given to each criterion in the combination can greatly affect the fairness of the produced ranking, for example, preferring men over women. A user may have the flexibility to choose combinations that weigh these criteria differently, within limits. In this paper, we develop a system that helps users choose criterion weights that lead to greater fairness.
Introduction
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