A dynamic model of barter exchange

We consider the problem of efficient operation of a barter exchange platform for indivisible goods. We introduce a dynamic model of barter exchange where in each period one agent arrives with a single item she wants to exchange for a different item. We study a homogeneous and stochastic environment:...

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Main Authors: Kanoria, Yash, Anderson, Ross Michael, Ashlagi, Itai, Gamarnik, David
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Operations Research Center
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109184
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-738X
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8898-8778