Brenda Prallon

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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
0000-0002-4267-3903ORCID · reported

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021Theory of computation · 1 · 1 since 2021

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Theoretical computer science
1 paper
Mathematical optimization · 50% Algorithms and data structures · 50%

Topics — the 2 heaviest of 2, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Mathematical optimization
experimental design
0.912025
Externally Valid Selection of Experimental Sites via the k-Median Problem · EC 2025
Algorithms and data structures › clustering
k-median
0.912025
Externally Valid Selection of Experimental Sites via the k-Median Problem · EC 2025

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integer linear programming · 0.9clustering · 0.9
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2025 Externally Valid Selection of Experimental Sites via the k-Median Problem
abstract
We present a decision-theoretic justification for viewing the question of how to best choose where to experiment in order to optimize external validity as a k-median (clustering) problem, a popular problem in computer science and operations research. We present conditions under which minimizing the worst-case, welfare-based regret among all nonrandom schemes that select k sites to experiment is approximately equal—and sometimes exactly equal—to finding the k most central vectors of baseline site-level covariates. The k-median problem can be formulated as a linear integer program. Two empirical applications illustrate the theoretical and computational benefits of the suggested procedure.
José Luis Montiel Olea, Brenda Prallon, Jörg Stoye
EC2