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SODA
2010
ACM
201views Algorithms» more  SODA 2010»
15 years 9 months ago
Incentive Compatible Budget Elicitation in Multi-unit Auctions
In this paper, we consider the problem of designing incentive compatible auctions for multiple (homogeneous) units of a good, when bidders have private valuations and private budg...
Sayan Bhattacharya, Vincent Conitzer, Kamesh Munag...
WINE
2009
Springer
178views Economy» more  WINE 2009»
15 years 6 months ago
The Geometry of Truthfulness
We study the geometrical shape of the partitions of the input space created by the allocation rule of a truthful mechanism for multi-unit auctions with multidimensional types and ...
Angelina Vidali
STOC
1991
ACM
127views Algorithms» more  STOC 1991»
15 years 3 months ago
Lower Bounds for Randomized k-Server and Motion Planning Algorithms
In this paper, we prove lower bounds on the competitive ratio of randomized algorithms for two on-line problems: the k-server problem, suggested by [MMS], and an on-line motion-pl...
Howard J. Karloff, Yuval Rabani, Yiftach Ravid
LATIN
2010
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
The Power of Fair Pricing Mechanisms
We explore the revenue capabilities of truthful, monotone (“fair”) allocation and pricing functions for resource-constrained auction mechanisms within a general framework that ...
Christine Chung, Katrina Ligett, Kirk Pruhs, Aaron...
SODA
2003
ACM
157views Algorithms» more  SODA 2003»
15 years 1 months ago
Competitive queueing policies for QoS switches
We consider packet scheduling in a network providing differentiated services, where each packet is assigned a value. We study various queueing models for supporting QoS (Quality ...
Nir Andelman, Yishay Mansour, An Zhu