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SIGECOM
2006
ACM
106views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
Approximation algorithms and online mechanisms for item pricing
We present approximation and online algorithms for a number of problems of pricing items for sale so as to maximize seller’s revenue in an unlimited supply setting. Our first r...
Maria-Florina Balcan, Avrim Blum
SIGECOM
2004
ACM
120views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2004»
14 years 1 months ago
Computational criticisms of the revelation principle
The revelation principle is a cornerstone tool in mechanism design. It states that one can restrict attention, without loss in the designer’s objective, to mechanisms in which A...
Vincent Conitzer, Tuomas Sandholm
SIGECOM
2010
ACM
156views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2010»
14 years 11 days ago
Robust mechanisms for risk-averse sellers
The existing literature on optimal auctions focuses on optimizing the expected revenue of the seller, and is appropriate for risk-neutral sellers. In this paper, we identify good ...
Mukund Sundararajan, Qiqi Yan
EUROCRYPT
2001
Springer
14 years 1 days ago
Priced Oblivious Transfer: How to Sell Digital Goods
Abstract. We consider the question of protecting the privacy of customers buying digital goods. More specifically, our goal is to allow a buyer to purchase digital goods from a ve...
William Aiello, Yuval Ishai, Omer Reingold
SIGUCCS
2000
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Approaches to Computer Lab Management: Lockdown vs. Freedom
Basic approaches to computer lab management range along a spectrum from total lockdown of lab computers to total freedom. Total lockdown, which can be implemented with system perm...
Christopher Jones, Yasemin Tunc, Deborah Cherry