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On the efficiency of data collection for crowdsourced classification

On the efficiency of data collection for crowdsourced classification
On the efficiency of data collection for crowdsourced classification
The quality of crowdsourced data is often highly variable. For this reason, it is common to collect redundant data and use statistical methods to aggregate it. Empirical studies show that the policies we use to collect such data have a strong impact on the accuracy of the system. However, there is little theoretical understanding of this phenomenon. In this paper we provide the first theoretical explanation of the accuracy gap between the most popular collection policies: the non-adaptive uniform allocation, and the adaptive uncertainty sampling and information gain maximisation. To do so, we propose a novel representation of the collection process in terms of random walks. Then, we use this tool to derive lower and upper bounds on the accuracy of the policies. With these bounds, we are able to quantify the advantage that the two adaptive policies have over the non-adaptive one for the first time.
Manino, Edoardo
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Tran-Thanh, Long
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Jennings, Nicholas
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Manino, Edoardo
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Tran-Thanh, Long
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Jennings, Nicholas
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Manino, Edoardo, Tran-Thanh, Long and Jennings, Nicholas (2018) On the efficiency of data collection for crowdsourced classification. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, , Stockholm, Sweden. 13 - 19 Jul 2018. 8 pp .

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The quality of crowdsourced data is often highly variable. For this reason, it is common to collect redundant data and use statistical methods to aggregate it. Empirical studies show that the policies we use to collect such data have a strong impact on the accuracy of the system. However, there is little theoretical understanding of this phenomenon. In this paper we provide the first theoretical explanation of the accuracy gap between the most popular collection policies: the non-adaptive uniform allocation, and the adaptive uncertainty sampling and information gain maximisation. To do so, we propose a novel representation of the collection process in terms of random walks. Then, we use this tool to derive lower and upper bounds on the accuracy of the policies. With these bounds, we are able to quantify the advantage that the two adaptive policies have over the non-adaptive one for the first time.

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Accepted/In Press date: 2018
Published date: 13 July 2018
Venue - Dates: International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, , Stockholm, Sweden, 2018-07-13 - 2018-07-19

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Local EPrints ID: 420634
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420634
PURE UUID: 490e04a6-030f-46b8-82f7-d15a4ecb2343
ORCID for Edoardo Manino: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0028-5440
ORCID for Long Tran-Thanh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1617-8316

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Date deposited: 11 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 19:50

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Author: Edoardo Manino ORCID iD
Author: Long Tran-Thanh ORCID iD
Author: Nicholas Jennings

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