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SIGECOM
2008
ACM
155views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2008»
13 years 5 months ago
Tight information-theoretic lower bounds for welfare maximization in combinatorial auctions
We provide tight information-theoretic lower bounds for the welfare maximization problem in combinatorial auctions. In this problem, the goal is to partition m items among k bidde...
Vahab S. Mirrokni, Michael Schapira, Jan Vondr&aac...
JSC
2002
89views more  JSC 2002»
13 years 5 months ago
Valuations and Filtrations
The classical theory of Gr
Edward Mosteig, Moss Sweedler
SAGT
2009
Springer
177views Game Theory» more  SAGT 2009»
13 years 12 months ago
Characterizing Incentive Compatibility for Convex Valuations
We study implementability in dominant strategies of social choice functions when sets of types are multi-dimensional and convex, sets of outcomes are arbitrary, valuations for outc...
André Berger, Rudolf Müller, Seyed Hos...
CORR
2012
Springer
218views Education» more  CORR 2012»
12 years 1 months ago
On the Hardness of Welfare Maximization in Combinatorial Auctions with Submodular Valuations
We present a new type of monotone submodular functions: multi-peak submodular functions. Roughly speaking, given a family of sets F, we construct a monotone submodular function f ...
Shahar Dobzinski, Jan Vondrák
HICSS
2008
IEEE
129views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2008»
13 years 12 months ago
Valuation of Reserve Services
Spinning reserve is idle capacity connected to the system with the purpose of balancing power demand and supply in real-time and ensuring reliable system operations in the case of...
Pablo A. Ruiz, Peter W. Sauer