In contextual advertising, estimating the number of impressions of an ad is critical in planning and budgeting advertising campaigns. However, producing this forecast, even within...
Xuerui Wang, Andrei Z. Broder, Marcus Fontoura, Va...
Service providers of the future could dynamically negotiate for, and create their infrastructure on Grid based utility computing and communication providers. Such commercialisatio...
We consider collusion in multi-unit auctions where the allocation and payments are determined using the VCG mechanism. We show how collusion can increase the utility of the collud...
Given that contractor plays a critical role in any construction project, contractor selection constitutes key decision for public authorities. Prequalification, i.e. the eliminati...
Online auction systems have made remarkable progress in recent years. However, one of the most severe and persistent problems in such systems is shilling behavior, which is a type ...