McGill University
... times, 2 ”T”. Now to make sure that the game is not terminated at the 6th or the 8th trial, note that the game can only be terminated at even number of trials, we should have at least one ”T” among the first 6 trials and at least one ”T” between the 7th and 8th trials. The probability of interest is ...
... times, 2 ”T”. Now to make sure that the game is not terminated at the 6th or the 8th trial, note that the game can only be terminated at even number of trials, we should have at least one ”T” among the first 6 trials and at least one ”T” between the 7th and 8th trials. The probability of interest is ...
Slide 1
... continuous 90-day period on the basis of which start of normal operation is determined as a reference” is in my opinion wrong reference because • Methodology Art. 7(3) is 2 highest months in 48 months (2005-2008) • There is no reference to 90-day period (is here not relevant) • Reference should be A ...
... continuous 90-day period on the basis of which start of normal operation is determined as a reference” is in my opinion wrong reference because • Methodology Art. 7(3) is 2 highest months in 48 months (2005-2008) • There is no reference to 90-day period (is here not relevant) • Reference should be A ...
Vickrey Auction
... This type of auction is strategically similar to an English auction, and gives bidders an incentive to bid their true value. Vickrey's original paper considered only auctions where a single, indivisible good is being sold. In this case, the terms Vickrey auction and second-price sealed-bid auction a ...
... This type of auction is strategically similar to an English auction, and gives bidders an incentive to bid their true value. Vickrey's original paper considered only auctions where a single, indivisible good is being sold. In this case, the terms Vickrey auction and second-price sealed-bid auction a ...
Slides: Algorithmic mechanism design.
... QUESTION: What is the time complexity of the mechanism? Or, in other words: What is the time complexity of computing g(r)? What is the time complexity to calculate the N payment functions? What does it happen if it is NP-hard to implement the underlying SCF? Question: What is the time complexi ...
... QUESTION: What is the time complexity of the mechanism? Or, in other words: What is the time complexity of computing g(r)? What is the time complexity to calculate the N payment functions? What does it happen if it is NP-hard to implement the underlying SCF? Question: What is the time complexi ...
Health-Care Payment Systems: Cost and Quality Incentives—Reply C -
... first-order stochastic dominance, which in our context is Ft2 (c, t2 ) $ 0 with strict inequality for at least some c. Equation (7) can be satisfied when Ft2 (c, t2 ) = 0 for all c sufficiently close to ĉ, since then c* can be chosen to be sufficiently close to ĉ. [Subsequently, an appropriate cho ...
... first-order stochastic dominance, which in our context is Ft2 (c, t2 ) $ 0 with strict inequality for at least some c. Equation (7) can be satisfied when Ft2 (c, t2 ) = 0 for all c sufficiently close to ĉ, since then c* can be chosen to be sufficiently close to ĉ. [Subsequently, an appropriate cho ...
MARKOV CHAINS
... A survey of American car buyers indicates that if a person buys a Ford, there is a 60% chance that their next purchase will be a Ford, while owners of a GM will buy a GM again with a probability of .80. The buying habits of these consumers are represented in the transition matrix below. ...
... A survey of American car buyers indicates that if a person buys a Ford, there is a 60% chance that their next purchase will be a Ford, while owners of a GM will buy a GM again with a probability of .80. The buying habits of these consumers are represented in the transition matrix below. ...
Information Aggregation and Large Auctions
... Clearly a unique equlibrium exists for our model. The aim in this subsection is to show that this equilibrium is the unique limit of large double auctions as well. What is the issue here? In contrast to the Walrasian market where the price is exogenously given, the price in a double auction market m ...
... Clearly a unique equlibrium exists for our model. The aim in this subsection is to show that this equilibrium is the unique limit of large double auctions as well. What is the issue here? In contrast to the Walrasian market where the price is exogenously given, the price in a double auction market m ...
Notes - Mathematics
... 1. Draw a circle and mark n ≥ 1 points around the circumference. Connect these points by line segments (chords of the circle) in every possible way, adjusting the locations of the points, if necessary, so that not more than two segments cross at any inside point. Work out some examples and make a co ...
... 1. Draw a circle and mark n ≥ 1 points around the circumference. Connect these points by line segments (chords of the circle) in every possible way, adjusting the locations of the points, if necessary, so that not more than two segments cross at any inside point. Work out some examples and make a co ...
Designing Incentive-Compatible Routing and Forwarding Protocols
... Determination of optimal path to be taken based on maximum utility. Joint decision made by all the nodes in the network. Forwarding What a node is supposed to do when it gets a packet For both these stages incentives are required ...
... Determination of optimal path to be taken based on maximum utility. Joint decision made by all the nodes in the network. Forwarding What a node is supposed to do when it gets a packet For both these stages incentives are required ...
Shark attacks and the Poisson approximation Byron Schmuland
... quite unlikely in one year, though this would happen about once every fifty years. The chance that we go the whole summer without any shark attacks can also be calculated by plugging λ = 2 and k = 0 into the formula. This gives probability of no attacks ≈ (20 /0!) × e−2 = 0.13533, which is a 13% chan ...
... quite unlikely in one year, though this would happen about once every fifty years. The chance that we go the whole summer without any shark attacks can also be calculated by plugging λ = 2 and k = 0 into the formula. This gives probability of no attacks ≈ (20 /0!) × e−2 = 0.13533, which is a 13% chan ...
Yao minmax.pdf
... random probability distribution of the deterministic algorithm which performs best for that distribution. Thus, to establish a lower bound on the performance of randomized algorithms, it suffices to find an appropriate distribution n of difficult inputs, and to prove that no deterministic algorithm ...
... random probability distribution of the deterministic algorithm which performs best for that distribution. Thus, to establish a lower bound on the performance of randomized algorithms, it suffices to find an appropriate distribution n of difficult inputs, and to prove that no deterministic algorithm ...
Vidhatha Technologies
... optimization problem can be solved using a distributed algorithm based on decomposition in network utility maximization. We formulate this traffic allocation as a lossy network flow optimization problem using portfolio selection theory from financial statistics which allow individual network nodes t ...
... optimization problem can be solved using a distributed algorithm based on decomposition in network utility maximization. We formulate this traffic allocation as a lossy network flow optimization problem using portfolio selection theory from financial statistics which allow individual network nodes t ...
THIS MARKETING PARTNER AGREEMENT
... a) buySAFE hereby grants Marketing Partner a no-cost, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the buySAFE logo and electronic facsimiles thereof, and any associated materials, language or code for the sole purpose of promoting the Link and generating referrals for the buySAF ...
... a) buySAFE hereby grants Marketing Partner a no-cost, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the buySAFE logo and electronic facsimiles thereof, and any associated materials, language or code for the sole purpose of promoting the Link and generating referrals for the buySAF ...
Modern mechanism des.. - School of Computer Science
... mechanism is NP-complete – There exists an insincere mechanism, where • The center only carries out polynomial computation • Finding a beneficial insincere revelation is NP-complete for the agents • If the agents manage to find the beneficial insincere revelation, the insincere mechanism is just as ...
... mechanism is NP-complete – There exists an insincere mechanism, where • The center only carries out polynomial computation • Finding a beneficial insincere revelation is NP-complete for the agents • If the agents manage to find the beneficial insincere revelation, the insincere mechanism is just as ...
Factors to Consider when Selecting a Local Partner
... •! knowing(the(customer!(and!ensuring!regular!contact);! •! empathy!(understanding!the!key!NHS!pressure!points!from!within!the! customer’s!frame!of!reference);! •! local(knowledge!(having!worked!in!the!area!or!held!a!similar!role)! •! regular(customer(contact!-!you!rarely!meet!people!at!the!exact!mo ...
... •! knowing(the(customer!(and!ensuring!regular!contact);! •! empathy!(understanding!the!key!NHS!pressure!points!from!within!the! customer’s!frame!of!reference);! •! local(knowledge!(having!worked!in!the!area!or!held!a!similar!role)! •! regular(customer(contact!-!you!rarely!meet!people!at!the!exact!mo ...
Dynamic Cost Allocation for Economic Lot Sizing Games
... Unfortunately, a static cost allocation – even one in the core – suffers from a number of significant drawbacks. First, it assumes each retailer would be able to cover its portion of the entire planning horizon’s cost up front, a significant financial burden that is unrealistic in many settings. Se ...
... Unfortunately, a static cost allocation – even one in the core – suffers from a number of significant drawbacks. First, it assumes each retailer would be able to cover its portion of the entire planning horizon’s cost up front, a significant financial burden that is unrealistic in many settings. Se ...
Practice Problem 9.1 Snow Removal
... 14. Write a formula in CapCosts!B9 to calculate the annual amount needed to repay a loan for all of the capital equipment (small plows, large plows and salters). The loan will finance 100% of the equipment costs and be paid out in equal monthly installments over the next ten years. The current annua ...
... 14. Write a formula in CapCosts!B9 to calculate the annual amount needed to repay a loan for all of the capital equipment (small plows, large plows and salters). The loan will finance 100% of the equipment costs and be paid out in equal monthly installments over the next ten years. The current annua ...
Modern mechanism des.. - School of Computer Science
... Criticizing truthful mechanisms • Theorem. There are settings where: – Executing the optimal truthful (in terms of social welfare) mechanism is NP-complete – There exists an insincere mechanism, where • The center only carries out polynomial computation • Finding a beneficial insincere revelation i ...
... Criticizing truthful mechanisms • Theorem. There are settings where: – Executing the optimal truthful (in terms of social welfare) mechanism is NP-complete – There exists an insincere mechanism, where • The center only carries out polynomial computation • Finding a beneficial insincere revelation i ...
Probability
... Probability cont. Looks at the chance of an outcome If 2/10 college freshman are on academic probation after the first year then I know I have a 20% chance of not doing well and ending up on probation F N Closer to the actual probability with larger sample size ...
... Probability cont. Looks at the chance of an outcome If 2/10 college freshman are on academic probation after the first year then I know I have a 20% chance of not doing well and ending up on probation F N Closer to the actual probability with larger sample size ...
The View-Update Problem
... View Processing create view PresSuite as select * from Room where NrBeds = 2 select * from PresSuite p natural join Reservation s where Cost > 85 and ArrivalDate = “10 May” = select * from (select * from Room where NrBeds = 2) p natural join Reservation s where Cost > 85 and ArrivalDate = “10 May” ...
... View Processing create view PresSuite as select * from Room where NrBeds = 2 select * from PresSuite p natural join Reservation s where Cost > 85 and ArrivalDate = “10 May” = select * from (select * from Room where NrBeds = 2) p natural join Reservation s where Cost > 85 and ArrivalDate = “10 May” ...
Algorithms, Games, and the Internet
... avoid the AS lying about its true cost For calculating the prices, the same AS were used How can one be sure that would implement algorithm correctly? It may modify the algorithm to its benefit Verification systems might be possible solutions ...
... avoid the AS lying about its true cost For calculating the prices, the same AS were used How can one be sure that would implement algorithm correctly? It may modify the algorithm to its benefit Verification systems might be possible solutions ...
Homework 3 - Duke Computer Science
... bidder’s valuation, and the columns are indexed by the external signal’s value, i.e. a bidder that has valuation 2 and an external signal of value 4 would correspond to an allocation probability of “.1”. The allocation probability must be less than 1 and larger than 0, and the mechanism will be rej ...
... bidder’s valuation, and the columns are indexed by the external signal’s value, i.e. a bidder that has valuation 2 and an external signal of value 4 would correspond to an allocation probability of “.1”. The allocation probability must be less than 1 and larger than 0, and the mechanism will be rej ...
chemistry log: solutions
... solvents like CCl4. Answer question 3 b) What happens to the following colligative properties of a liquid when a non-volatile solute is added: 1) vapor pressure 3) freezing point 2) boiling point 4) osmotic pressure PROBLEM: The formula and the molecular weight of an unknown hydrocarbon compound are ...
... solvents like CCl4. Answer question 3 b) What happens to the following colligative properties of a liquid when a non-volatile solute is added: 1) vapor pressure 3) freezing point 2) boiling point 4) osmotic pressure PROBLEM: The formula and the molecular weight of an unknown hydrocarbon compound are ...
mechanism design
... In his ‘Putting Auction Theory to Work’, Paul Milgrom argues that “Many of the key results of mechanism design theory can be derived from the envelope theorem and stated as a restriction on a derivative or a restriction on an integral.” To approach mechanism design from this perspective, it is impor ...
... In his ‘Putting Auction Theory to Work’, Paul Milgrom argues that “Many of the key results of mechanism design theory can be derived from the envelope theorem and stated as a restriction on a derivative or a restriction on an integral.” To approach mechanism design from this perspective, it is impor ...