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ATAL
2006
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Sequences of take-it-or-leave-it offers: near-optimal auctions without full valuation revelation
Abstract. We introduce take-it-or-leave-it auctions (TLAs) as an allocation mechanism that allows buyers to retain much of their private valuation information, yet generates close-...
Tuomas Sandholm, Andrew Gilpin
ISIPTA
1999
IEEE
107views Mathematics» more  ISIPTA 1999»
15 years 3 months ago
Imprecise and Indeterminate Probabilities
Bayesian advocates of expected utility maximization use sets of probability distributions to represent very different ideas. Strict Bayesians insist that probability judgment is n...
Isaac Levi
WOWMOM
2005
ACM
109views Multimedia» more  WOWMOM 2005»
15 years 4 months ago
On Maximizing Lifetime of a Sensor Cluster
We consider the energy consumed in radio transmission of a set of sensors forming a data gathering wireless network. Our objective is to enhance the lifetime of such networks by e...
Samar Agnihotri, Pavan Nuggehalli, H. S. Jamadagni
INFOCOM
2006
IEEE
15 years 5 months ago
Design Guidelines for Maximizing Lifetime and Avoiding Energy Holes in Sensor Networks with Uniform Distribution and Uniform Rep
— This paper investigates theoretical aspects of the uneven energy depletion phenomenon recently noticed in sink-based wireless sensor networks. We consider uniformly distributed...
Stephan Olariu, Ivan Stojmenovic
SAC
2006
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
Trust-decisions on the base of maximal information of recommended direct-trust
Nowadays the concept of trust in computer communications starts to get more and more popular. While the idea of trust in human interaction seems to be obvious and understandable i...
Uwe Roth, Volker Fusenig