Mechanism design for computationally limited agents
Kate S. Larson, Tüomas Sandholm · 2004
Design, Bounded Rationality, Resource Bounded ReasoningFirst of all I would like to thank my adviser Tuomas Sandholm for all his support and patience during my years as a graduate student. He has provided me with a model of what a first class researcher should be. Second, I would like to thank the members of my thesis committee, Avrim Blum, Andrew Moore, Craig Boutilier, and Mark Satterthwaite, for giving me valuable criticism, insight and guidance, which helped shape the content and presentation of this dissertation. There are many people who have played significant roles in my graduate career. I would particularly like to thank Sherry May for suggesting I try out both graduate school and computer science. Without her initial encouragement I would not be where I am today. I have enjoyed many hours discussing research problems with a large group of people. These discussions introduced me to new ideas and helped clarify various technical points. In particular, discussions with Vince Conitzer, Andrew Gilpin, Anton Likhodedov, Benoit Hudson, Shuchi Chawla, Jason Hartline, Marty Zinkevich, Paolo Santi, Felix Brandt and David Parkes have proved to be invaluable.