A mechanism for multiple goods and interdependent valuations
OA Location
Author(s)
Dash, RK
Rogers, A
Jennings, NR
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
This paper reports on the design of an auction mechanism for allocating multiple goods when the buyers have interdependent valuations. We cast the problem as a multi-agent system consisting of selfish, rational agents and develop an auction mechanism which is efficient, incentive compatible and individually rational.We first discuss the necessary assumptions that any mechanism developed for this scenario should satisfy so as to achieve the aforementioned properties. We then present our mechanism and show how it is a generalisation of the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves mechanism.
Editor(s)
Rodríguez-Aguilar, Juan A
Faratin, Peyman
Date Issued
2004
Citation
2004, pp.15-29
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
15
End Page
29
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/259551/
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
08 Information And Computing Sciences
Notes
Event Dates: 2004