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# Regularization for Shuffled Data Problems via Exponential Family Priors on the Permutation Group

@article{Wang2021RegularizationFS,
title={Regularization for Shuffled Data Problems via Exponential Family Priors on the Permutation Group},
author={Zhenbang Wang and Emanuel Ben-David and Martin Slawski},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2021},
volume={abs/2111.01767}
}
• Published 2 November 2021
• Computer Science, Mathematics
• ArXiv
In the analysis of data sets consisting of (X,Y )-pairs, a tacit assumption is that each pair corresponds to the same observation unit. If, however, such pairs are obtained via record linkage of two files, this assumption can be violated as a result of mismatch error rooting, for example, in the lack of reliable identifiers in the two files. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in this setting under the term “Shuffled data” in which the underlying correct pairing of (X,Y )pairs is…

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