Approximations to auctions of digital goods with share-averse bidders

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 128-138

  Pei, Jinxiang ^a   Klabjan, Diego ^a   Xie, Wei ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction; Constant approximation algorithms; Prior free algorithms; Share averse bidders

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN;

AUCTION; BAYESIAN; DIGITAL GOODS; DIGITAL PRODUCTS; OPTIMAL MECHANISM DESIGNS; SHARE-AVERSE BIDDERS; WORST-CASE ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84897914249     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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