online mechanism design
An MDP-Based Approach to Online Mechanism Design
Online mechanism design (MD) considers the problem of provid- ing incentives to implement desired system-wide outcomes in sys- tems with self-interested agents that arrive and depart dynami- cally. Agents can choose to misrepresent their arrival and depar- ture times, in addition to information about their value for di(cid:11)erent outcomes. We consider the problem of maximizing the total long- term value of the system despite the self-interest of agents. The online MD problem induces a Markov Decision Process (MDP), which when solved can be used to implement optimal policies in a truth-revealing Bayesian-Nash equilibrium.
Approximately Efficient Online Mechanism Design
Online mechanism design (OMD) addresses the problem of sequential decision making in a stochastic environment with multiple self-interested agents. The goal in OMD is to make value-maximizing decisions despite this self-interest. In previous work we presented a Markov decision pro- cess (MDP)-based approach to OMD in large-scale problem domains. In practice the underlying MDP needed to solve OMD is too large and hence the mechanism must consider approximations. This raises the pos- sibility that agents may be able to exploit the approximation for selfish gain.
Mechanism Design for Dynamic Environments: Online Double Auctions
Zhao, Dengji (University of Western Sydney and University of Toulouse)
An online double auction mechanism for dynamic environments, especially dynamic has to match sellers and buyers dynamically and calculate double auctions. After a brief review of related a payment for each matched trader without knowing work, we specify the problem we are tackling, and about future orders. Such uncertainty is more challenging for then briefly outline our research plan, the results we double auction mechanism design because modelling traders' have achieved to date, and the ongoing directions.
Approximately Efficient Online Mechanism Design
Parkes, David C., Yanovsky, Dimah, Singh, Satinder P.
Online mechanism design (OMD) addresses the problem of sequential decision making in a stochastic environment with multiple self-interested agents. The goal in OMD is to make value-maximizing decisions despite this self-interest. In previous work we presented a Markov decision process (MDP)-based approach to OMD in large-scale problem domains. In practice the underlying MDP needed to solve OMD is too large and hence the mechanism must consider approximations. This raises the possibility that agents may be able to exploit the approximation for selfish gain. We adopt sparse-sampling-based MDP algorithms to implement ɛ- efficient policies, and retain truth-revelation as an approximate Bayesian-Nash equilibrium. Our approach is empirically illustrated in the context of the dynamic allocation of WiFi connectivity to users in a coffeehouse.
Approximately Efficient Online Mechanism Design
Parkes, David C., Yanovsky, Dimah, Singh, Satinder P.
Online mechanism design (OMD) addresses the problem of sequential decision making in a stochastic environment with multiple self-interested agents. The goal in OMD is to make value-maximizing decisions despite this self-interest. In previous work we presented a Markov decision process (MDP)-based approach to OMD in large-scale problem domains. In practice the underlying MDP needed to solve OMD is too large and hence the mechanism must consider approximations. This raises the possibility that agents may be able to exploit the approximation for selfish gain. We adopt sparse-sampling-based MDP algorithms to implement ɛ- efficient policies, and retain truth-revelation as an approximate Bayesian-Nash equilibrium. Our approach is empirically illustrated in the context of the dynamic allocation of WiFi connectivity to users in a coffeehouse.
Approximately Efficient Online Mechanism Design
Parkes, David C., Yanovsky, Dimah, Singh, Satinder P.
Online mechanism design (OMD) addresses the problem of sequential decision making in a stochastic environment with multiple self-interested agents. The goal in OMD is to make value-maximizing decisions despite this self-interest. In previous work we presented a Markov decision process (MDP)-basedapproach to OMD in large-scale problem domains. In practice the underlying MDP needed to solve OMD is too large and hence the mechanism must consider approximations. This raises the possibility thatagents may be able to exploit the approximation for selfish gain. We adopt sparse-sampling-based MDP algorithms to implement ɛ- efficient policies, and retain truth-revelation as an approximate Bayesian-Nash equilibrium. Our approach is empirically illustrated in the context of the dynamic allocation of WiFi connectivity to users in a coffeehouse.
An MDP-Based Approach to Online Mechanism Design
Parkes, David C., Singh, Satinder P.
Online mechanism design (MD) considers the problem of providing incentivesto implement desired system-wide outcomes in systems withself-interested agents that arrive and depart dynamically. Agentscan choose to misrepresent their arrival and departure times, in addition to information about their value for different outcomes. We consider the problem of maximizing the total longterm valueof the system despite the self-interest of agents. The online MD problem induces a Markov Decision Process (MDP), which when solved can be used to implement optimal policies in a truth-revealing Bayesian-Nash equilibrium.