3 papers
cs.NI2011
You Share, I Share: Network Effects and Economic Incentives in P2P File-Sharing Systems
Mahyar Salek, Shahin Shayandeh, David Kempe
We study the interaction between network effects and external incentives on file sharing behavior in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks. Many current or envisioned P2P networks reward ind…
cs.GT2011
False-name-proof Mechanisms for Hiring a Team
Atsushi Iwasaki, David Kempe, Mahyar Salek +1
We study the problem of hiring a team of selfish agents to perform a task. Each agent is assumed to own one or more elements of a set system, and the auctioneer is trying to purcha…
cs.CC2009
Frugal and Truthful Auctions for Vertex Covers, Flows, and Cuts
David Kempe, Mahyar Salek, Cristopher Moore
We study truthful mechanisms for hiring a team of agents in three classes of set systems: Vertex Cover auctions, k-flow auctions, and cut auctions. For Vertex Cover auctions, the v…