Recent algorithms provide powerful solutions to the problem of determining cost-minimizing (or revenue-maximizing) allocations of items in combinatorial auctions. However, in many...
Service-oriented Architecture allows for reusable services to be composed in such a way that business tasks or activities are easily satisfied. However, currently there is a abst...
This paper proposes and evaluates several alternate design choices for common prediction metrics employed by neighborhood-based collaborative filtering approach. It first explores ...
To come to a deal, a bargaining process can sometimes take a long time. An auction may be a faster, but existing auction models cannot cope with situations where money is not an is...
One way for agents to reach a joint decision is to vote over the alternatives. In open, anonymous settings such as the Internet, an agent can vote more than once without being det...