Double auction prediction markets have proven successful in large-scale applications such as elections and sporting events. Consequently, several large corporations have adopted these markets for smaller-scale internal applications where information may be complex and the number of traders is...

In this paper we present a new improved design for multiobject auctions and report on the results of experimental tests of that design. We merge the better features of two extant but very different auction processes, the Simultaneous Multiple Round (SMR) design used by the FCC to auction the...

Analyzing time series data for evidence of changes in market conditions is a problem central to development of a marketing information system. Examples are tracking field reports on competitors' prices and analyzing market share estimates computed from retail audits and consumer panel reports....