Robust auction design in the auto-bidding world

S Balseiro, Y Deng, J Mao… - Advances in Neural …, 2021 - proceedings.neurips.cc
In classic auction theory, reserve prices are known to be effective for improving revenue for
the auctioneer against quasi-linear utility maximizing bidders. The introduction of reserve …

A unifying framework for online optimization with long-term constraints

M Castiglioni, A Celli, A Marchesi… - Advances in Neural …, 2022 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We study online learning problems in which a decision maker has to take a sequence of
decisions subject to $ m $ long-term constraints. The goal of the decision maker is to …

The landscape of auto-bidding auctions: Value versus utility maximization

SR Balseiro, Y Deng, J Mao, VS Mirrokni… - Proceedings of the 22nd …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Internet advertisers are increasingly adopting automated bidders to buy advertising
opportunities. Automated bidders simplify the procurement process by allowing advertisers …

Autobidders with budget and roi constraints: Efficiency, regret, and pacing dynamics

B Lucier, S Pattathil, A Slivkins… - The Thirty Seventh …, 2024 - proceedings.mlr.press
We study a game between autobidding algorithms that compete in an online advertising
platform. Each autobidder is tasked with maximizing its advertiser's total value over multiple …

Auction design in an auto-bidding setting: Randomization improves efficiency beyond vcg

A Mehta - Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2022, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Auto-bidding is an area of increasing importance in the domain of online advertising. We
study the problem of designing auctions in an auto-bidding setting with the goal of …

Contextual bandits with packing and covering constraints: A modular lagrangian approach via regression

A Slivkins, KA Sankararaman… - The Thirty Sixth Annual …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
We consider contextual bandits with linear constraints (CBwLC), a variant of contextual
bandits in which the algorithm consumes multiple resources subject to linear constraints on …

[PDF][PDF] Bidding and pricing in budget and roi constrained markets

N Golrezaei, P Jaillet, JCN Liang, V Mirrokni - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - mit.edu
In online advertising markets, setting budget and return on investment (ROI) constraints are
two prevalent ways to help advertisers (ie buyers) utilize limited monetary resources …

Gender preferences in job vacancies and workplace gender diversity

D Card, F Colella, R Lalive - Review of Economic Studies, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In Spring 2005, the Ombud for Equal Treatment in Austria launched a campaign
notifying employers and newspapers that gender preferences in job ads were illegal. At the …

Online Learning under Budget and ROI Constraints via Weak Adaptivity

M Castiglioni, A Celli, C Kroer - Forty-first International Conference …, 2024 - openreview.net
We study online learning problems in which a decision maker has to make a sequence of
costly decisions, with the goal of maximizing their expected reward while adhering to budget …

[PDF][PDF] Fairness in the autobidding world with machine-learned advice

Y Deng, N Golrezaei, P Jaillet, JCN Liang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - mit.edu
The increasing availability of real-time data has fueled the prevalence of algorithmic bidding
(or autobidding) in online advertising markets, and has enabled online ad platforms to …