Combinatorial auctions: A survey

@article{citeulike:438301, abstract = {Many auctions involve the sale of a variety of distinct assets. Examples are airport time slots, delivery routes and furniture. Because of complementarities (or substitution effects) between the different assets, bidders have preferences not just for particular items but for sets or bundles of items. For this reason, economic effciency is enhanced if bidders are allowed to bid on bundles or combinations of different assets. This paper surveys the state of knowledge about the design of...}, author = {de Vries, Sven and Vohra, Rakesh V. }, citeulike-article-id = {438301}, journal = {INFORMS Journal on Computing}, number = {3}, pages = {284--309}, posted-at = {2008-07-11 13:45:31}, priority = {2}, title = {Combinatorial auctions: A survey}, url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/devries01combinatorial.html}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:438301 L3 - citeulike-article-id:438301 TI - Combinatorial auctions: A survey JF - INFORMS Journal on Computing IS - 3 SP - 284 EP - 309 N2 - Many auctions involve the sale of a variety of distinct assets. Examples are airport time slots, delivery routes and furniture. Because of complementarities (or substitution effects) between the different assets, bidders have preferences not just for particular items but for sets or bundles of items. For this reason, economic effciency is enhanced if bidders are allowed to bid on bundles or combinations of different assets. This paper surveys the state of knowledge about the design of... AU - de Vries, Sven AU - Vohra, Rakesh PY - 2003/// UR - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/devries01combinatorial.html ER -