Seventh IEEE International Conference on E-Commerce Technology (CEC'05)
An Auction for Scheduling Delivery of Highly Demanded Products
Munich, Germany
July 19-July 22
ISBN: 0-7695-2277-7
We present a simple auction protocol for the sale of over-demanded goods with a delivery schedule. Under some reasonable assumptions, our mechanism is incentive compatible, collects only partial information about bidder?s valuations, and empirical evidence suggests it converges to the efficient allocation.