Definition Multiple-Parameter Transfer Layer
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Multiple-Parameter Transfer Layer

In a multiple-parameter mechanism, each agent reports a valuation function over the allocation space. This is the abstract transfer-mechanism layer used by VCG-style constructions.

References

  • [AGT, Chapter 9, Sections 9.3.2-9.3.3] Nisan, Roughgarden, Tardos, and Vazirani, Algorithmic Game Theory. Multi-parameter valuation functions, outcomes, and transfer mechanisms.
  • [AGT, Chapter 12, Section 12.3] Nisan, Roughgarden, Tardos, and Vazirani, Algorithmic Game Theory. Multidimensional mechanism-design domains in combinatorial-auction settings.

Provenance

  • Migrated from EconCSLib pull request 27, old blueprint label def:md_multiple_parameter_interface in blueprint/src/content.tex.

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