Efficiency of scalar-parameterized mechanisms

We consider the problem of allocating a fixed amount of an infinitely divisible resource among multiple competing, fully rational users. We study the efficiency guarantees that are possible when we restrict to mechanisms that satisfy certain scalability constraints motivated by large scale communica...

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Main Authors: Johari, Ramesh (Author), Tsitsiklis, John N. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2010-02-11T14:05:11Z.
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