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Permutation betting markets: singleton betting with extra information

Ghodsi, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2008

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1145/1386790.1386821
  3. Publisher: 2008
  4. Abstract:
  5. We study permutation betting markets, introduced by Chen, Fortnow, Nikolova, and Pennock [3]. For these markets, we consider subset bettings in which each trader can bet on a subset of candidates ending up in a subset of positions. We consider the revenue maximization problem for the auctioneer in two main frameworks: the risk-free revenue maximization (studied in [3]), and the probabilistic revenue maximization. We also explore the use of some certain knowledge or extra information about the possible outcomes of the market. We first show that finding the optimal revenue in the risk-free model for the subset betting problem is inapproximable. This resolves an open question posed by Chen et al. [3]. In order to identify solvable variants of the problem, we propose the singleton betting language which allows traders to bet an arbitrary value on one candidate for one position. For singleton bettings, we first provide a linear-time implementable necessary and sufficient condition for existence of a solution with positive revenue for any possible outcome. Furthermore, we develop an LP-based polynomial-time algorithm to find the optimum solution of this problem. In addition, we show how to extend this LP-based method to handle some extra information about the possible outcomes. Finally, we consider the revenue maximization problem in a probabilistic setting. For this variant, we observe that the problem of maximizing the expected revenue is polynomial-time solvable, but we show that maximizing the probability of achieving a pre-specified revenue is #P-Complete. Copyright 2008 ACM
  6. Keywords:
  7. Arbitrary values ; Betting markets ; Combinatorial algorithm ; Expected revenue ; Free model ; Optimum solution ; P-complete ; Polynomial-time ; Polynomial-time algorithms ; Prediction markets ; Revenue maximization ; Revenue maximization problem ; Sufficient conditions ; Combinatorial mathematics ; Dynamic programming ; Electric conductivity measurement ; Electronic commerce ; Linearization ; Problem solving ; Set theory ; Optimization
  8. Source: Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce, 8 July 2008 through 12 July 2008, Chicago, IL ; 2008 , Pages 180-189 ; 9781605581699 (ISBN)
  9. URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1386790.1386821