- ...return
- In the case of agent/link failure, each agent is free
to set its own timeouts and assess the quality of the never-received
good accordingly. Bids that are not received in time will, of
course, not be considered.
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- ...equal
- We could just as easily have said that
the price must be strictly greater than the cost.
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- ...tie
- The complete
solution would have to consider the probabilities that s ties with
1, 2, 3,...other agents. In order to do this we would need to
consider all 39#39 subsets.
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- ...price
- That is, p is an equilibrium price if
every seller that can sell at that price (i.e. those whose cost is
less than p) does.
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- ...price
- Remember, the sellers are constrained to return a fixed
quality. They can only change the price they charge.
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- ...UMDL
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by us, then by a profit-conscious third party.
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