COMP559 - Computational Auctions and Mechanism Design
Pre-requisites: Entrants with Computer Science background: ECON915, COMP557 and COMP323 . Students who previously took COMP323 should have taken COMP516 or COMP523 . Entrants with Economics background: COMP517 , COMP557 and COMP323 . Students of CSAD (Advanced Computer Science MSc): COMP557 and COMP323 . Students who previously took COMP323 should have taken COMP516 or COMP523 .
Recommended texts
Primary texts:
N. Nisan, T. Roughgarden, E. Tardos, V.V. Vazirani (Editors). Algorithmic Game Theory. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
P. Cramton, Y. Shoham, and R. Steinberg (Editors). Combinatorial Auctions. The MIT Press, 2005.
Further reading:
M.J. Osborne, A. Rubinstein. A Course in Game Theory. MIT Press, 1994.
Some lectures will be based on research papers.
N. Nisan, T. Roughgarden, E. Tardos, V.V. Vazirani (Editors). Algorithmic Game Theory. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
P. Cramton, Y. Shoham, and R. Steinberg (Editors). Combinatorial Auctions. The MIT Press, 2005.
Further reading:
M.J. Osborne, A. Rubinstein. A Course in Game Theory. MIT Press, 1994.
Some lectures will be based on research papers.