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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»
14 years 9 days 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»
14 years 6 days 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