3 papers
cs.GT2025
Accelerated Preference Elicitation with LLM-Based Proxies
David Huang, Francisco Marmolejo-Cossío, Edwin Lock +1
Bidders in combinatorial auctions face significant challenges when describing their preferences to an auctioneer. Classical work on preference elicitation focuses on query-based te…
econ.TH2023
Competitive and Revenue-Optimal Pricing with Budgets
Simon Finster, Paul W. Goldberg, Edwin Lock
In markets with budget-constrained buyers, competitive equilibria need not be efficient in the utilitarian sense, or maximise the seller's revenue. We consider a setting with multi…
cs.GT2022
Welfare-Maximizing Pooled Testing
Simon Finster, Michelle González Amador, Edwin Lock +3
Pooled testing increases the reach of scarce diagnostic resources, but optimally composing pools for individuals differing in infection risk and the utility they derive from a nega…