arXiv:2602.12253cs.GTcs.LG2026-02被引 2

简单在线线性优化即可实现竞标策略的鲁棒性与低悔悟。

Is Online Linear Optimization Sufficient for Strategic Robustness?

  • 用黑箱转换将任意在线线性优化算法变为鲁棒竞标器。
  • 已知价值分布下悔悟为O(√T log K),K依赖性指数级提升。
  • 未知分布下无需有界密度假设,且高概率保证悔悟性能。

我们研究重复贝叶斯第一价格拍卖中的竞标问题。虽最优悔悟竞标算法已有广泛研究,但其对卖家操纵的战略鲁棒性仍较少探讨。基于无换悔算法的竞标器虽兼具理想性质,但在统计与计算效率上表现不佳。相比之下,在线梯度上升是唯一能同时实现O(√TK)悔悟与战略鲁棒性的算法([KSS24]),其中T为拍卖次数,K为出价数量。本文探究简单的在线线性优化(OLO)算法是否足以实现两种理想性质。主要结果表明:次线性线性化悔悟即足以保证战略鲁棒性。我们构造了简单黑箱转换,可将任意OLO算法转化为具有战略鲁棒性的无悔竞标算法,适用于已知与未知价值分布情形。在已知分布情况下,所得竞标算法达到O(√T log K)悔悟,且相比[KSS24]在K上的依赖关系实现指数级改进;在未知分布情形下,该方法在高概率意义下实现O(√T(log K + log(T/δ)))悔悟,并移除了[KSS24]中的有界密度假设。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We consider bidding in repeated Bayesian first-price auctions. Bidding algorithms that achieve optimal regret have been extensively studied, but their strategic robustness to the seller's manipulation remains relatively underexplored. Bidding algorithms based on no-swap-regret algorithms achieve both desirable properties, but are suboptimal in terms of statistical and computational efficiency. In contrast, online gradient ascent is the only algorithm that achieves $O(\sqrt{TK})$ regret and strategic robustness [KSS24], where $T$ denotes the number of auctions and $K$ the number of bids. In this paper, we explore whether simple online linear optimization (OLO) algorithms suffice for bidding algorithms with both desirable properties. Our main result shows that sublinear linearized regret is sufficient for strategic robustness. Specifically, we construct simple black-box reductions that convert any OLO algorithm into a strategically robust no-regret bidding algorithm, in both known and unknown value distribution settings. For the known value distribution case, our reduction yields a bidding algorithm that achieves $O(\sqrt{T \log K})$ regret and strategic robustness (with exponential improvement on the $K$-dependence compared to [KSS24]). For the unknown value distribution case, our reduction gives a bidding algorithm with high-probability $O(\sqrt{T (\log K+\log(T/δ)})$ regret and strategic robustness, while removing the bounded density assumption made in [KSS24].

在线学习拍卖机制鲁棒性竞标算法

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