Benefits of combinatorial auctions with transformability relationships

In this paper we explore whether an auctioneer/buyer may benefit from introducing his transformability relationships (some goods can be transformed into others at a transformation cost) into multi-unit combinatorial reverse auctions. Thus, we quantitatively assess the potential savings the auctionee...

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Autores: Giovannucci, Andrea, Cerquides, Jesús, Rodríguez-Aguilar, Juan Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::522d36c263732a8d66c5939a569a9082
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/160140
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tranformability relationships
Combinatorial auctions
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Sumario:In this paper we explore whether an auctioneer/buyer may benefit from introducing his transformability relationships (some goods can be transformed into others at a transformation cost) into multi-unit combinatorial reverse auctions. Thus, we quantitatively assess the potential savings the auctioneer/buyer may obtain with respect to combinatorial reverse auctions that do not consider tranformability relationships. Furthermore, we empirically identify the market conditions under which it is worth for the auctioneer/buyer to exploit transformability relationships. © 2006 The authors.