Abstract— The pre-shared key based mechanisms for Transport Layer Security (TLS) were recently standardized by the IETF to extend the set of ciphersuites by utilizing existing ke...
Fang-Chun Kuo, Hannes Tschofenig, Fabian Meyer, Xi...
In this paper we investigate extensions of the well-known Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanisms to problems whose objective function is not utilitarian and whose agents’ utiliti...
Giovanna Melideo, Paolo Penna, Guido Proietti, Rog...
A truthful mechanism consists of an algorithm augmented with a suitable payment function which guarantees that the "players" cannot improve their utilities by "chea...
-- The human finger possesses a structure called the extensor mechanism, a web-like collection of tendinous material that lies on the dorsal side of each finger and connects the co...
David D. Wilkinson, Michael Vande Weghe, Yoky Mats...
We study the Cost-Per-Action or Cost-Per-Acquisition (CPA) charging scheme in online advertising. In this scheme, instead of paying per click, the advertisers pay only when a user...