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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Dix · Department of Informatics, TUC <strong>Multiagent</strong> <strong>Systems</strong>, WS 06/07 316/731<br />

4. Decision Making (2) 3. Auctions<br />

What is the best strategy in Vickrey auctions?<br />

Theorem 4.22 (Private-value Vickrey auctions)<br />

The dominant strategy of a bidder in a<br />

Private-value Vickrey auction is to bid the true<br />

valuation.<br />

Therefore it is equivalent to English auctions.<br />

Vickrey auctions are used to<br />

allocate computation resources in operating<br />

systems,<br />

allocate bandwidth in computer networks,<br />

control building heating.

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