Design for Optimized Multi-Lateral Multi-Commodity Markets
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a design for an an economically efficient, optimized, centralized, multi-lateral, periodic commodity market that addresses explicitly three issues: (i) substantial transportation costs between sellers and buyers; (ii) non homogeneous, in quality and nature, commodities; (iii) complementary commodities that have to be traded simultaneously. The model allows sellers to offer their commodities in lots and buyers to explicitly quantify the differences in quality of the goods produced by each individual seller. The model does not presume that products must be shipped through a market hub. We also propose a multi-round auction that enables the implementation of the direct optimized market and approximates the behaviour of the "ideal"" direct optimized mechanism. The process allows buyers and sellers to modify their initial bids, including the technological constraints. The proposed market designs are particularly relevant for industries related to natural resources. We present the models and algorithms required to implement the optimized market mechanisms, describe the operations of the multi-round auction, and discuss applications and perspectives." Nous présentons un concept de marché optimisé, centralisé, multilatéral et périodique pour l'acquisition de produits qui traite explicitement les trois aspects suivants: (i) des coûts de transport importants des vendeurs vers les acheteurs; (ii) des produits non homogènes en valeur et qualité; des complémentarités entre les divers produits qui doivent donc être négociés simultanément. Le modèle permet aux vendeurs d'offrir leurs produits groupés en lots et aux acheteurs de quantifier explicitement leur évaluation des lots mis sur le marché par chaque vendeur. Le modèle ne suppose pas que les produits doivent être expédiés par un centre avant d'être livrés. Nous proposons également un mécanisme de tâtonnement à rondes multiples qui approxime le comportement du marché direct optimisé et qui permet de mettre ce dernier en oeuvre. Le processus de tâtonnement permet aux vendeurs et aux acheteurs de modifier leurs mises initiales, incluant les contraintes technologiques. Les concepts proposés sont particulièrement adaptés aux industries reliées aux matières premières. Nous présentons les modèles et algorithmes requis à la mise en oeuvre du marché multi-latéral optimisé, nous décrivons le fonctionnement du processus de tâtonnement, et nous discutons les applications et perspectives reliées à ces mécanismes de marché.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.007 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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