Winner Determination¶
An equivalent problem in the context of combinatorial auctions is called the winner determination problem.
Core Idea¶
Winner Determination is treated here as the recurring social sciences, humanities, and arts identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: An equivalent problem in the context of combinatorial auctions is called the winner determination problem. The welfare maximization problem is an optimization problem studied in economics and computer science. Its goal is to partition a set of items among agents with different utility functions, such that the welfare – defined as the sum of the agents' utilities – is as high as possible. In other words, the goal is to find an item allocation satisfying the utilitarian rule.
Scope of Application¶
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Definitions. Each agent i in N has a utility function ui: 2^M \to \mathbb{R}.
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Definitions. The function assigns a real value to every possible subset of items.
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Definitions. It is usually assumed that the utility functions are monotone set functions, that is, Z1\supseteq Z2 implies ui(Z1) \geq ui(Z2).
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Definitions. The welfare maximization problem has many variants, depending on the type of allowed utility functions, the way by which the algorithm can access the utility functions, and whether there are additional.
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Submodular agents. A submodular agent has a utility function that is a submodular set function.
Clarity¶
A clear use of Winner Determination names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is An equivalent problem in the context of combinatorial auctions is called the winner determination problem. The strongest recognition evidence in the frozen account is: Welfare maximization with additive utilities under heterogeneous matroid constraints can be done in polynomial time, by reduction to.
Manages Complexity¶
Winner Determination compresses multiple social sciences, humanities, and arts details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—the welfare maximization problem has many variants, depending on the type of allowed utility functions, the way by which the algorithm can access the utility functions, and whether there are additional constraints on the allowed allocations.—and the practical consequence—the utility of k increases by his marginal.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the social sciences, humanities, and arts entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: An equivalent problem in the context of combinatorial auctions is called the winner determination problem.
- Check operation and conditions. When all agents are additive, welfare maximization can be done by a simple polynomial-time algorithm: give each item j to an agent for whom v{i,j} is maximum (breaking ties arbitrarily).
- Demand recognition evidence.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Winner Determination transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. Each agent i in N has a utility function ui: 2^M \to \mathbb{R}. The function assigns a real value to every possible subset of items. Beyond the home domain. Transfer the broader Optimization relation when the social sciences, humanities, and arts-specific differentia cannot be filled. Retain the name Winner Determination only when the same carrier, operation, and rejection conditions are present literally rather than metaphorically.
Relationships to Other Abstractions¶
Current abstraction Winner Determination Domain-specific
Parents (1) — more general patterns this builds on
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Winner Determination is a kind of Optimization Prime
Winner Determination is a strict kind of Optimization: An equivalent problem in the context of combinatorial auctions is called the winner determination problem.
Hierarchy path (1) — routes to 1 parentless root
- Winner Determination → Optimization
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Winner Determination sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (62nd percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.
Family — Unclustered & Miscellaneous (2551 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
- Arrow–Debreu exchange market — 0.88
- Nash welfare rule — 0.87
- Envy minimization — 0.87
- Constrained optimization — 0.84
- Linear programming relaxation — 0.84
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