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authorStratis Ioannidis <stratis@stratis-Latitude-E6320.(none)>2013-07-07 17:33:12 -0700
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``well-conditioned'' problem, which resembles the technical challenge we face in
Section~\ref{sec:monotonicity}. However, we seek a deterministic mechanism and $\delta$-truthfulness, not truthfulness-in-expectation. In addition, our objective is not a matroid rank sum function. As such, both the methodology for dealing with problems that are not ``well-conditioned'' as well as the approximation guarantees of the convex relaxation in \cite{dughmi2011convex} do not readily extend to \EDP.
-\citeN{briest-approximation} construct monote FPTAS for problems that can be approximated through rounding techniques, which in turn can be used to construct truthful, deterministic, constant-approximation mechanisms for corresponding combinatorial auctions. \EDP is not readily approximable through such rounding techniques; as such, we rely on a relaxation to approximate it.
+\citeN{briest-approximation} construct monotone FPTAS for problems that can be approximated through rounding techniques, which in turn can be used to construct truthful, deterministic, constant-approximation mechanisms for corresponding combinatorial auctions. \EDP{} is not readily approximable through such rounding techniques; as such, we rely on a relaxation to approximate it.
\paragraph{$\delta$-Truthfulness and Differential Privacy}
-The notion of $\delta$-truthfulness has attracted considerable attention recently in the context of differential privacy (see, \emph{e.g.}, the survey by \citeN{pai2013privacy}). \citeN{mcsherrytalwar} were the first to observe that any $\epsilon$-differentially private mechanism must also be $\delta$-truthful in expectation, for $\delta=2\epsilon$. This property was used to construct $\delta$-truthful (in expectation) mechanisms for a digital goods auction~\cite{mcsherrytalwar} and for $\alpha$-approximate equilibrium selection \cite{kearns2012}. \citeN{approximatemechanismdesign} propose a framework for converting a differentially private mechanism to a truthful-in-expectation mechanism by randomly selecting between a differentially private mechanism with good approximation guarantees, an a truthful mechanism, and apply it to a mechanism for the facility location problem. We depart from the above works in seeking a deterministic mechanism for \EDP, and using a stronger notion of $\delta$-truthfulness.
+The notion of $\delta$-truthfulness has attracted considerable attention recently in the context of differential privacy (see, \emph{e.g.}, the survey by \citeN{pai2013privacy}). \citeN{mcsherrytalwar} were the first to observe that any $\epsilon$-differentially private mechanism must also be $\delta$-truthful in expectation, for $\delta=2\epsilon$. This property was used to construct $\delta$-truthful (in expectation) mechanisms for a digital goods auction~\cite{mcsherrytalwar} and for $\alpha$-approximate equilibrium selection \cite{kearns2012}. \citeN{approximatemechanismdesign} propose a framework for converting a differentially private mechanism to a truthful-in-expectation mechanism by randomly selecting between a differentially private mechanism with good approximation guarantees, and a truthful mechanism. They apply their framework to the \textsc{FacilityLocation} problem. We depart from the above works in seeking a deterministic mechanism for \EDP, and using a stronger notion of $\delta$-truthfulness.
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