\begin{lemma}\label{lemma:monotone}
Our mechanism for \EDP{} is monotone and budget feasible.
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
    Consider an agent $i$ with cost $c_i$ that is
    selected by the mechanism, and suppose that she reports
    a cost $c_i'\leq c_i$ while all  other costs stay the same.
    Suppose that when $i$ reports $c_i$, $OPT'_{-i^*} \geq C V(i^*)$; then, as $s_i(c_i,c_{-i})=1$, $i\in S_G$.
     By reporting a cost $c_i'\leq c_i$, $i$ may be selected at an earlier iteration of the greedy algorithm.
    %using the submodularity of $V$, we see that $i$ will satisfy the greedy
    %selection rule:
    %\begin{displaymath}
    %    i = \argmax_{j\in\mathcal{N}\setminus S} \frac{V(S\cup\{j\})
    %    - V(S)}{c_j}
    %\end{displaymath}
    %in an earlier iteration of the greedy heuristic.
 Denote by $S_i$
    (resp. $S_i'$) the set to which $i$ is added when reporting cost $c_i$
    (resp. $c_i'$). We have $S_i'\subseteq S_i$; in addition, $S_i'\subseteq S_G'$, the set selected by the greedy algorithm under $(c_i',c_{-i})$; if not, then greedy selection would terminate prior to selecting $i$ also when she reports $c_i$, a contradiction. Moreover, we have
    \begin{align*}
        c_i' & \leq c_i \leq
        \frac{B}{2}\frac{V(S_i\cup\{i\})-V(S_i)}{V(S_i\cup\{i\})}
         \leq \frac{B}{2}\frac{V(S_i'\cup\{i\})-V(S_i')}{V(S_i'\cup\{i\})}
    \end{align*}
    by the monotonicity and submodularity  of $V$. Hence  $i\in S_G'$. As
    $OPT'_{-i^*}$,  is the optimal value of \eqref{eq:primal} under relaxation $L$ when $i^*$ is excluded from $\mathcal{N}$, reducing the costs can only increase this value, so under $c'_i\leq c_i$ the greedy set is still allocated and $s_i(c_i',c_{-i}) =1$.
    Suppose now that when $i$ reports $c_i$, $OPT'_{-i^*} < C V(i^*)$. Then $s_i(c_i,c_{-i})=1$ iff $i = i^*$. 
    Reporting $c_{i^*}'\leq c_{i^*}$ does not change $V(i^*)$ nor
    $OPT'_{-i^*} \leq C V(i^*)$; thus $s_{i^*}(c_{i^*}',c_{-i^*})=1$, so the mechanism is monotone.
%\end{proof}
%\begin{lemma}\label{lemma:budget-feasibility}
%The mechanism is budget feasible.
%\end{lemma}
%\begin{proof}

To show budget feasibility, suppose that $OPT'_{-i^*} < C V(i^*)$. Then the mechanism selects $i^*$. Since the bid of $i^*$ does not affect the above condition, the threshold payment of $i^*$ is $B$ and the mechanism is budget feasible.
Suppose  that $OPT'_{-i^*} \geq C V(i^*)$. 
Denote by $S_G$ the set selected by the greedy algorithm, and for $i\in S_G$,  denote by
$S_i$ the subset of the solution set that was selected by the greedy algorithm just prior to the addition of $i$---both sets determined for the present cost vector $c$. 
%Chen \emph{et al.}~\cite{chen} show that, 
Then for any submodular function $V$, and for all $i\in S_G$:
%the reported cost of an agent selected by the greedy heuristic, and holds for
%any submodular function $V$:
\begin{equation}\label{eq:budget}
   \text{if}~c_i'\geq \frac{V(S_i\cup\{i\}) - V(S)}{V(S_G)} B~\text{then}~s_i(c_i',c_{-i})=0
\end{equation}
In other words, if $i$ increases her cost to a value higher than $\frac{V(S_i\cup\{i\}) - V(S)}{V(S_G)}$, she will cease to be in the selected set $S_G$. As a result,
\eqref{eq:budget}
implies that the threshold payment of user $i$ is bounded by the above quantity.
%\begin{displaymath}
%\frac{V(S_i\cup\{i\}) - V(S_i)}{V(S_G)} =  B
%\end{displaymath}
Hence, the total payment is bounded by the telescopic sum:
\begin{displaymath}
    \sum_{i\in S_G} \frac{V(S_i\cup\{i\}) - V(S_i)}{V(S_G)} B = \frac{V(S_G)-V(\emptyset)}{V(S_G)} B=B\qed
\end{displaymath}
\end{proof}


