Democratization of Complex-Problem Solving: Toward Privacy-Aware, Transparent and Inclusive Optimization
Critical operations often involve stakeholders with diverse perspectives, yet centralized optimization assumes participation or private information, neither of which is a priori guaranteed. Additionally, decision-making involves discrete decisions, making optimization computationally challenging. Centralized formulations use approximations to manage complexity, often overlooking stakeholder perspectives, leading to bias. To resolve these challenges, we adopt a privacy-aware participatory-distributed … Read more