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| author | Paul <Paul@Pauls-MacBook-Air.local> | 2015-05-11 19:01:35 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul <Paul@Pauls-MacBook-Air.local> | 2015-05-11 19:01:35 -0400 |
| commit | 57cccf4b7006f08acddce23221338558dc0e7096 (patch) | |
| tree | 674c0f25585de10e9152340b6618fd6743a83dee | |
| parent | fae05f1565ab895abe78a2daa93ab93b4c3d97d9 (diff) | |
| download | econ2099-57cccf4b7006f08acddce23221338558dc0e7096.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/final/main.tex b/final/main.tex index 198b8ab..8f7ffff 100644 --- a/final/main.tex +++ b/final/main.tex @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ \DeclareMathOperator*{\E}{\mathbb{E}} \let\Pr\relax \DeclareMathOperator*{\Pr}{\mathbb{P}} +\DeclareMathOperator*{\I}{\mathcal{I}} \newcommand{\inprod}[1]{\left\langle #1 \right\rangle} \newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}} @@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ \newtheorem*{goal}{Goal} \author{Thibaut Horel \and Paul Tylkin} -\title{Economics 2099 Project} +\title{Approximate Mechanisms\\ for Ex-Ante Allocation Constraints \\ \vskip0.1in {\sc Economics 2099 Project}} \date{Fall 2014} \begin{document} @@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ We can now formally describe the candidate mechanism. \end{center} \begin{displaymath} \begin{cases} - x_i = [t_i \geq p_i],\; p = p_0 + \sum_i p_ix_i &\text{ if} \sum_{i=1}^m (t_i - p_i)^+ \geq p_0 \\ + x_i = \I[t_i \geq p_i],\; p = p_0 + \sum_i p_ix_i &\text{ if} \sum_{i=1}^m (t_i - p_i)^+ \geq p_0 \\ x_i = 0\text{ for all $i$},\; p = 0&\text{ otherwise } \end{cases} \end{displaymath} @@ -203,8 +204,8 @@ We can now formally describe the candidate mechanism. \end{minipage} } \end{center} -where we used the Iverson bracket notation $[P]$ to denote the indicator -variable of predicate $P$. +where we use the notation $\I[\text{expression}]$ to denote the indicator +variable for the expression, which takes on value 1 when the expression is true and 0 otherwise. We note that this mechanism is exactly the $\beta$-bundle mechanism from \cite{yao}, even though the interpretation in terms of entrance fee plus posted |
