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Efficient advert assignment

dc.creatorKelly, Francis Patrick
dc.creatorKey, P
dc.creatorWalton, N
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-06
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-24T23:27:21Z
dc.date.available2017-06-13T11:50:37Z
dc.date.available2018-11-24T23:27:21Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-01
dc.identifierhttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/264746
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.aust.edu.ng/xmlui/handle/123456789/3966
dc.description.abstractWe develop a framework for the analysis of large-scale ad auctions where adverts are assigned over a continuum of search types. For this pay-per-click market, we provide an efficient mechanism that maximizes social welfare. In particular, we show that the social welfare optimization can be solved in separate optimizations conducted on the time scales relevant to the search platform and advertisers. Here, on each search occurrence, the platform solves an assignment problem and, on a slower time scale, each advertiser submits a bid that matches its demand for click-throughs with supply. Importantly, knowledge of global parameters, such as the distribution of search terms, is not required when separating the problem in this way. Exploiting the information asymmetry between the platform and advertiser, we describe a simple mechanism that incentivizes truthful bidding, has a unique Nash equilibrium that is socially optimal, and thus implements our decomposition. Further, we consider models where advertisers adapt their bids smoothly over time and prove convergence to the solution that maximizes social welfare. Finally, we describe several extensions that illustrate the flexibility and tractability of our framework.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInforms
dc.publisherOperations Research
dc.subjectsponsored search
dc.subjectVCG mechanism
dc.subjectdecomposition
dc.subjectauction
dc.subjectsocial welfare optimization
dc.titleEfficient advert assignment
dc.typeArticle


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