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The Components of an Auction<br />

.Bid<br />

vector<br />

v<br />

v 1<br />

. .<br />

Alloc<strong>at</strong>ion rule<br />

p(v)<br />

Payment rule<br />

M(v)<br />

Winners<br />

Buyer 1’s<br />

payment py<br />

. . .<br />

v N<br />

Auction<br />

Buyer N’s<br />

payment<br />

π(v) = a probability distribution over A, given v.<br />

π A (v) = P(<strong>the</strong> set of buyers A ∈ A win simultaneously, given v).<br />

The payoff of a buyer = value of <strong>the</strong> alloc<strong>at</strong>ion - payment made.

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