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The Persuasion Bottleneck

Gastpar, Michael  
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Rajesh, Aayush
2024
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

When a delivery agency persuades a bicycle courier worker to accept a certain job, it does so by revealing the right amount and kind of information. The goal is to reward both the agent as well as the worker accordingly. In this paper, we model the act of persuasion in information-theoretic terms. The main emphasis is on an approach inspired by the so-called information bottleneck problem. We derive results about the structure of the resulting optimization problem and present solutions for certain special cases. An algorithmic perspective is also developed, with potential applications in learning. Finally, we outline an alternative complementary problem formulation leveraging remote rate-distortion theory.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/ISIT57864.2024.10619395
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85202899705

Author(s)
Gastpar, Michael  
•
Rajesh, Aayush
Date Issued

2024

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Journal
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISBN of the book

9798350382846

Start page

2472

End page

2477

Subjects

information bottleneck problem

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rate-distortion theory

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remote rate-distortion function

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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Event nameEvent acronymEvent placeEvent date
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Athens, Greece

2024-07-07 - 2024-07-12

FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Swiss National Science Foundation

200364

Available on Infoscience
January 26, 2025
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