Auction algorithms for market equilibrium

Mathematics of Operations Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 714-729

  Garg, Rahul ^a   Kapoor, Sanjiv ^b  

^a IBM RESEARCH INDIA   (India)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction algorithm; Market equilibrium; Walrasian model

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AUCTION ALGORITHMS; MARKET CLEARING; MARKET EQUILIBRIUM; WALRASIAN MODEL;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33847212445     PISSN: 0364765X     EISSN: 15265471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/moor.1060.0216     Document Type: Article

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