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authorPaul <Paul@Pauls-MacBook-Air.local>2015-05-11 19:01:35 -0400
committerPaul <Paul@Pauls-MacBook-Air.local>2015-05-11 19:01:35 -0400
commit57cccf4b7006f08acddce23221338558dc0e7096 (patch)
tree674c0f25585de10e9152340b6618fd6743a83dee
parentfae05f1565ab895abe78a2daa93ab93b4c3d97d9 (diff)
downloadecon2099-57cccf4b7006f08acddce23221338558dc0e7096.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