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COCO
2009
Springer
155views Algorithms» more  COCO 2009»
15 years 8 months ago
Weak Derandomization of Weak Algorithms: Explicit Versions of Yao's Lemma
—A simple averaging argument shows that given a randomized algorithm A and a function f such that for every input x, Pr[A(x) = f(x)] ≥ 1−ρ (where the probability is over the...
Ronen Shaltiel
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CORR
2006
Springer
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15 years 1 months ago
Frugality ratios and improved truthful mechanisms for vertex cover
In set-system auctions, there are several overlapping teams of agents, and a task that can be completed by any of these teams. The auctioneer's goal is to hire a team and pay...
Edith Elkind, Leslie Ann Goldberg, Paul W. Goldber...
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COCO
2003
Springer
82views Algorithms» more  COCO 2003»
15 years 7 months ago
Derandomization and Distinguishing Complexity
We continue an investigation of resource-bounded Kolmogorov complexity and derandomization techniques begun in [2, 3]. We introduce nondeterministic time-bounded Kolmogorov comple...
Eric Allender, Michal Koucký, Detlef Ronneb...
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WINE
2009
Springer
202views Economy» more  WINE 2009»
15 years 8 months ago
A New Ranking Scheme of the GSP Mechanism with Markovian Users
Sponsored search auction is used by most search engines to select ads to display on the web page of a search result, according to advertisers’ bidding prices. The income of this ...
Xiaotie Deng, Jiajin Yu
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SODA
2003
ACM
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15 years 3 months ago
Online learning in online auctions
We consider the problem of revenue maximization in online auctions, that is, auctions in which bids are received and dealt with one-by-one. In this note, we demonstrate that resul...
Avrim Blum, Vijay Kumar, Atri Rudra, Felix Wu