An important research thread in algorithmic game theory studies the design of efficient truthful mechanisms that approximate the optimal social welfare. A fundamental question is ...
We study the Cost-Per-Action or Cost-Per-Acquisition (CPA) charging scheme in online advertising. In this scheme, instead of paying per click, the advertisers pay only when a user...
This paper describes a portable and efficient sampling-based online measurement system for production-level Java virtual machines. This system is designed to provide continuous re...
This paper brings forward a two-phase semantic service discovery mechanism which supports both the operation matchmaking and operation-composition matchmaking. A serial of experim...
In this paper, we study a service procurement problem with uncertainty as to whether service providers are capable of completing a given task within a specified deadline. This typ...
Enrico Gerding, Sebastian Stein, Kate Larson, Alex...