Algorithmic Pricing via Virtual Valuations


Abstract in English

Algorithmic pricing is the computational problem that sellers (e.g., in supermarkets) face when trying to set prices for their items to maximize their profit in the presence of a known demand. Guruswami et al. (2005) propose this problem and give logarithmic approximations (in the number of consumers) when each consumers values for bundles are known precisely. Subsequently severa

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