Product-Mix Auction Users’ Guide - DRAFT

• Introduction
  • Supply
  • Bids
  • Total Quantity Supply Schedule
  • Additional constraints
  • Rationing and rounding
  • Maximisation strategies
• Installation
  • Installation on Linux
  • Installation on Windows
  • Installation on Mac OS X
  • Getting started
• Running auctions via the command-line interface
  • Usage example
  • Command-line parameters
  • Input format for bids
  • Input format for supply
  • Input format for TQSS
  • Additional constraint options
  • Rationing and rounding options
  • Maximisation strategy options
  • Output formats
  • Graphical output options
  • Miscellaneous user options
  • Development options
  • Generating test data
  • JSON interface
• Running auctions via the web app
  • Accessing the web app
  • Supply specification in the web app
  • Bids in the web app
  • TQSS in the web app
  • Rationing in the web app
  • Maximisation strategies in the web app
  • Web app limitations
  • Integration between the web app and CLI
  • Server command-line options
• Interpreting graphical auction results
  • Bids bubble chart (2D)
  • Bids bubble chart (3D)
  • Allocation of bids to goods
  • Supply and demand for each good
  • TQSS and demand
• Budget constraints
  • The algorithm
  • Budget constraints in the command-line interface
  • Budget constraints in the web application
  • 3D graph of budget constraints
• Positive and negative dot-bids
  • Format of the Problem
  • The Working Of The Algorithm
  • Using the CLI

• Index