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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.07261.7
Efficient cost sharing with a cheap residual claimant

Authors: Hervé Moulin

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7261, Fair Division (2007)

Abstract
For the cooperative production problem where the commons is a one dimensional convex cost function, I propose the residual mechanism to implement the efficient production level . In contrast to the familiar cost sharing methods such as serial, average and incremental, the residual mechanism may subsidize an agent with a null demand. IFor a large class of smooth cost functions, the residual mechanism generates a budget surplus that is, even in the worst case, vanishes as 1/logn where n is the number of participants. Compare with the serial, average and incremental mechanisms, of which the budget surplus, in the worst case, converges to the efficient surplus as n grows. The second problem is the assignment among n agents of p identical objects and cash transfers to compensate the losers. We assume p<n, and compute the optimal competitive performance among all VCG mechanisms generating no budget deficit. It goes to zero exponentially fast in n if the number of objects is fixed; and as (n)^(1/2) uniformly in p. The mechanism generates envy, and net utilities are not co-monotonic to valuations. When p>n/2, it may even fail to achieve voluntary participation.
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Hervé Moulin. Efficient cost sharing with a cheap residual claimant. In Fair Division. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7261, pp. 1-7, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{moulin:DagSemProc.07261.7,
  author =	{Moulin, Herv\'{e}},
  title =	{{Efficient cost sharing with a cheap residual claimant}},
  booktitle =	{Fair Division},
  pages =	{1--7},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{7261},
  editor =	{Steven Brams and Kirk Pruhs and Gerhard Woeginger},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.07261.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-12312},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.07261.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: Assignment, cost sharing, Vickrey-Clarke-Groves mechanisms, competitive analysis}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.26
What is an End User Software Engineer?

Authors: Steven Clarke

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7081, End-User Software Engineering (2007)

Abstract
The group of people described as end user software engineers are a very large and diverse group. For example, research scientists building simulations of complex processes are described as end user software engineers as are school teachers who create spreadsheets to track the progress of their students. Given the difference in background and domains in which different end user software engineers work, I argue that it is important to distinguish between different categories of end user software engineers. Such distinctions will enable us to determine which tools and techniques are appropriate for which types of end user software engineers. Indeed, such distinctions will also make clear the differences and similarities between end user software engineers and so called professional software engineers.
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Steven Clarke. What is an End User Software Engineer?. In End-User Software Engineering. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7081, p. 1, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{clarke:DagSemProc.07081.26,
  author =	{Clarke, Steven},
  title =	{{What is an End User Software Engineer?}},
  booktitle =	{End-User Software Engineering},
  pages =	{1--1},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{7081},
  editor =	{Margaret H. Burnett and Gregor Engels and Brad A. Myers and Gregg Rothermel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.26},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-10802},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.26},
  annote =	{Keywords: Personas, End user software engineer, Professional software engineer}
}
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