作者: Moshe Babaioff , Liad Blumrosen , Aaron Roth
DOI: 10.1016/J.GEB.2015.01.004
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摘要: Abstract Online advertising auctions present settings in which there is uncertainty about the number of items for sale. We study mechanisms selling identical when total supply unknown but drawn from a known distribution. Items arrive dynamically, and seller must make immediate allocation payment decisions with goal maximizing social welfare. devise simple incentive-compatible mechanism that guarantees some constant fraction first-best solution. A surprising feature our it artificially limits supply, we show limiting essential obtaining high Although common revenue, commitment to limit less intuitive The performance guarantee expectation over distribution; similar every realization impossible.