PAYMENT DETERMINATION IN AUCTIONS

Aleksandrs Slivkins (Inventor), Moshe Babaioff (Inventor), Robert D Kleinberg (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

An auction may include a general schema to create incentives for those agents or bidders to bid on items at auction truthfully. The schema may implement any allocation rule, including a monotone allocation rule. The schema may provide for accepting bids from bidders, transforming the bids in a manner appropriate to the item being auctioned, and applying the allocation rule on the transformed bid. The schema may further provide for providing a rebate or payment back to the bidders.

Original languageEnglish
Patent numberUS2012116860
IPCG06Q 30/ 00 A I, US2012116860A1, US93919210A
Priority date4/11/10
StatePublished - 10 May 2012

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