Towards more practical linear programming-based techniques for algorithmic mechanism design

Khaled Elbassioni, Kurt Mehlhorn, Fahimeh Ramezani

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Abstract

R. Lavy and C. Swamy (FOCS 2005, J. ACM 2011) introduced a general method for obtaining truthful-in-expectation mechanisms from linear programming based approximation algorithms. Due to the use of the Ellipsoid method, a direct implementation of the method is unlikely to be efficient in practice. We propose to use the much simpler and usually faster multiplicative weights update method instead. The simplification comes at the cost of slightly weaker approximation and truthfulness guarantees.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationAlgorithmic Game Theory - 8th International Symposium, SAGT 2015
EditorsMartin Hoefer, Martin Hoefer
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages98-109
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783662484326
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event8th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory, SAGT 2015 - Saarbrucken, Germany
Duration: 28 Sep 201530 Sep 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9347
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference8th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory, SAGT 2015
Country/TerritoryGermany
CitySaarbrucken
Period28/09/1530/09/15

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