From marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu Mon Feb 4 05:54:54 2002 From: marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu (Jinbo) Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 21:54:54 -0800 Subject: [Marbles-isi] checked in: marbles1 In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020116181435.00b11008@tnt.isi.edu> Message-ID: Checked in changes in marblesize. The changes are related to [1] algorithm improvement by getting rid of some randomization code to choose the cheapest resource combination. [2] code cleanup -Jinbo From marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu Tue Feb 19 17:02:45 2002 From: marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu (Martin Frank) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:02:45 -0800 Subject: [Marbles-isi] Fwd: MM: agents@usc seminar - Dr. Yokoo Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020219090042.00b0dc80@tnt.isi.edu> I believe this is the author of the distributed constraint satisfaction algorithm that Milind is using, and he's now also moving towards auctions - highly recommended for all Marblers... Cheers, yours, Martin >From: fanny@ISI.EDU >Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 11:56:13 -0800 (PST) >To: csfaculty@usc.edu, csphds@usc.edu, csmasters@usc.edu >Reply-to: fanny@ISI.EDU >Subject: MM: agents@usc seminar - Dr. Yokoo >X-AntiVirus: scanned by AMaViS 0.2.1 > >Meeting Invitation from Fanny Mak > >Title: agents@usc seminar - Dr. Yokoo >Location: 11th floor large CR (1135) >Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 >Time: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM >Guests: 11th floor large CR (1135), agents@usc, csfaculty, >csmasters, csphds >Agenda: >Speaker: Dr. Makoto Yokoo, NTT Communication Science Labs, JAPAN >URL: http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/csl/ccrg/members/yokoo/ >email: yokoo@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp > >Title: Theory of Internet Auctions: Effect of False-name Bids > on Auction Protocols > >Abstract: > In this talk, we examine the effect of a new type of frauds > called false-name bids, which can be a serious problem in Internet > auctions. False-name bids are bids submitted by a single agent under > multiple fictitious names (e.g., multiple e-mail addresses). If there > exists no false-name bid, the Generalized Vickrey Auction protocol > (GVA) satisfies three desirable properties, i.e., individual > rationality, Pareto efficiency, and incentive compatibility. On the > other hand, when false-name bids are possible, we prove that it is > theoretically impossible for an auction protocol to simultaneously > satisfy these three properties. We develop a new auction protocol > called Leveled Division Set (LDS) protocol, which satisfies individual > rationality and incentive compatibility. > > Brief Personal History: > Dr. Makoto Yokoo is currently a distinguished technical member in NTT > Communication Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan. His research > interests include multi-agent systems, search/constraint satisfaction, > and mechanism design among agents. He recently published a book > "Distributed Constraint Satisfaction: Foundation of Cooperation in > Multi-Agent Systems" from Springer. He is a board member of > International Foundation of Multi-agent Systems (IFMAS), which is the > host organization of International Conference on Autonomous Agents and > Multiagent systems (AAMAS). He is an associate editor of Journal on > Artificial intelligence Research, and editorial board members and > program committee members of various international journals and > conferences. > > >This notification generated by Meeting Maker (R) >(c) 1999 Meeting Maker http://www.meetingmaker6.com From marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu Wed Feb 20 02:00:02 2002 From: marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu (Martin Frank) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:00:02 -0800 Subject: [Marbles-isi] renamed all assert()s to assertion()s in preparation for JDK1.4.0 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020219175743.02e17008@tnt.isi.edu> This means you can now run SNAP and the other projects using either JDK1.3.1 or JDK1.4.0. On the flip side, before your next check-in, you'll have to say a complete "make fresh" to get the changes. The changes are purely mechanical: 1. assert() -> assertion() [it's now a keyword] 2. eliminated extra semicolons [the Java compiler now complains about them] Cheers, yours, Martin