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		| Katerina  Sherstyuk | 
	
	
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		| ''Complexity and bidder behavior in iterative auctions'' | 
	
	
		| ( 2011, Vol. 31 No.4 ) | 
	
	
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		| We extend the finite automata approach to  evaluate complexity of
strategies in iterative adjustment processes such as auctions.
Intuitively, a strategy's complexity is equal to the number of
different contingencies in which qualitatively different behaviors
are prescribed. Complexity may explain bidder choice of strategies in multi-unit iterative auctions. | 
	
	
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		| Keywords: ascending auctions; complexity; finite automata; experimental evidence | 
	
	
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		| Manuscript Received : Jan 19 2011 |   | Manuscript Accepted : Oct 05 2011 |  
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