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Fig. 1

Fixed point iterations result of the ratios of the two bidders’ valuations CDF/PDF functions
Fixed point iterations result of the ratios of the two bidders’ valuations CDF/PDF functions

Fig. 2

Newtons iterations result of the two CDF/PDF bidders’ valuations functions
Newtons iterations result of the two CDF/PDF bidders’ valuations functions

C.S.E. and Backward shooting parameters

Constrained strategic equilibrium (no reserve price) parameters Constrained strategic equilibrium (reserve price = 0.5) parameters Backwards solver parameters
T(degree) 40 T (degree) 40 Shooting metdod Euler
K (grid) 15 K (grid) 15 ODE system Inverse bid functions
μl 2000 μl 2000 h1 (tolerance of tde deviation of tde solution from left boundary) 1.0E-5
μh 5000 μh 5000 h2 (step size close to high bid) 0.001
μfonc 5.0 μfonc 5.0 Td reshold 0.01
μ 0.0 μ 0.0 High-bid precision 1.0E-12
μmono 1000 μmono 1000 Left-boundary tolerance 1.0E-5
Cheb grid = no Cheb Grid = no / /

Backward shooting method solution, end result: Convergence true

b_bar A B B-A Result
0/39 0.5 0 1 1.00E+00 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
1/39 0.75 0.5 1 5.00E-01 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
2/39 0.875 0.75 1 2.50E-01 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
3/39 0.8125 0.75 0.875 1.25E-01 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
4/39 0.78125 0.75 0.8125 6.25E-02 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
5/39 0.7968750 0.7812500 0.8125000 3.13E-02 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
6/39 0.8046875 0.7968750 0.8125000 1.56E-02 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
7/39 0.8085938 0.8046875 0.8125000 7.81E-03 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
8/39 0.8105469 0.8085938 0.8125000 3.91E-03 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
9/39 0.8095703 0.8085938 0.8105469 1.95E-03 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
10/39 0.8100586 0.8095703 0.8105469 9.77E-04 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
11/39 0.8103027 0.8100586 0.8105469 4.88E-04 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
12/39 0.8104248 0.8103027 0.8105469 2.44E-04 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
13/39 0.8103638 0.8103027 0.8104248 1.22E-04 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
14/39 0.8103333 0.8103027 0.8103638 6.10E-05 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
15/39 0.8103485 0.8103333 0.8103638 3.05E-05 1 Solution diverges to -infinity.
16/39 0.8103409 0.8103333 0.8103485 1.53E-05 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
17/39 0.8103447 0.8103409 0.8103485 7.63E-06 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
18/39+ 0.8103428 0.8103409 0.8103447 3.82E-06 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
19/39 0.8103437 0.8103428 0.8103447 1.91E-06 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
20/39 0.8103433 0.8103428 0.8103437 9.54E-07 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
21/39 0.8103430 0.8103428 0.8103433 4.77E-07 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
22/39 0.8103431 0.8103430 0.8103433 2.38E-07 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
23/39 0.8103431 0.8103430 0.8103431 1.19E-07 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
24/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 5.96E-08 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
25/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 2.98E-08 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
26/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 1.49E-08 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
27/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 7.45E-09 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
28/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 3.73E-09 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
29/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 1.86E-09 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
30/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 9.31E-10 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
31/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 4.66E-10 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
32/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 2.33E-10 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
33/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 1.16E-10 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
34/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 5.82E-11 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
35/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 2.91E-11 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
36/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 1.46E-11 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.
37/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 7.28E-12 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
38/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 3.64E-12 2 Solution diverges to +infinity.
39/39 0.8103431 0.8103431 0.8103431 1.82E-12 3 Solution not within specified tolerances.

Selected distributions and their CDFs and PDFs

Distributions and boundaries CDF PDF
Beta [0,1] F(x)=1B(a,b)ωLυ(x)xa1(1x)b1dx; $\begin{array}{} F(x)=\frac{1}{B(a,b)}\int\limits_{\omega_{L}}^{\upsilon(x)}x^{a-1}* (1-x)^{b-1}dx; \end{array}$ f(x)=1ωHωLυ(x)a1(1v(x))b1B(a,b) $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle f(x)=\frac{1}{\omega_{H}-\omega_{L}}\frac{\upsilon(x)^{a-1}(1-v(x))^{b-1}}{B(a,b)} \end{array}$
υ(x)=xωLωHωL $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle \upsilon(x)=\frac{x-\omega_{L}}{\omega_{H}-\omega_{L}} \end{array}$
Exponential [0,1] F(x)=1exp(λ(xωL)1exp(λ(ωHωL) $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle F(x)=\frac{1-\exp (-\lambda(x-\omega_{L})}{1-\exp (-\lambda(\omega_{H}-\omega_{L})} \end{array}$ f(x)=λexp(λ(xωL)1exp(λ(ωHωL) $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle f(x)=\frac{\lambda \exp (-\lambda(x-\omega_{L})}{1-\exp (-\lambda(\omega_{H}-\omega_{L})} \end{array}$
Gamma [0,1] F(x)=0xk1exdxΓ(k) $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle F(x)=\frac{\int\nolimits_{0}^{\infty}x^{k-1}e^{-x}dx}{\Gamma(k)} \end{array}$ f(x)=1θkΓ(k)xk1exθ $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle f(x)=\frac{1}{\theta^{k} \Gamma(k)}x^{k-1}e^{-\frac{x}{\theta}} \end{array}$
Kumaraswamy [0,1] F(x; a; b) = 1 –(1–xa)b f(x; a, b)=F′(x; a; b)=abxa–1(1–xa)b-1
Lognormal [0,1] F(x)=ax1zσ2πexp12lnzμσ2dzab1zσ2πexp12lnzμσ2dz $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle F(x)=\frac{\int_{a}^{x}\displaystyle\frac{1}{z\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}exp\left[-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{lnz-\mu}{\sigma} \right)^{2} \right]dz}{\int_{a}^{b}\displaystyle\frac{1}{z\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}exp\left[-\displaystyle\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{lnz-\mu}{\sigma} \right)^{2} \right]dz} \end{array}$ f(x)=1xσ2πexp12lnxμσ2ab1zσ2πexp12lnzμσ2dz $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle f(x)=\frac{\displaystyle\frac{1}{x\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}exp\left[-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{lnx-\mu}{\sigma} \right)^{2} \right]}{\int_{a}^{b}\displaystyle\frac{1}{z\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}exp\left[-\displaystyle\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{lnz-\mu}{\sigma} \right)^{2} \right]dz} \end{array}$
Standard normal [0,1] F(x)=ΦxμσΦaμσΦbμσΦaμσ $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle \rm{F(x)=\frac{\displaystyle\Phi\left(\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma} \right)-\Phi\left(\frac{ a-\mu}{\sigma}\right)}{\displaystyle\Phi\left(\frac{ b-\mu}{\sigma} \right)-\Phi\left(\frac{ a-\mu}{\sigma}\right)}} \end{array}$ f(x)=1σϕxμσΦωμσΦμσ $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle f(x)={\rm\frac{\displaystyle\frac{1}{\sigma}\phi\left(\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}\right)}{\displaystyle\Phi\left(\frac{\omega-\mu}{\sigma}\right)\Phi\left(\frac{-\mu}{\sigma}\right)}} \end{array}$
Power [0,1] F(x)=ηα+1(x+a+c)α+1ca1 $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle F(x)=\frac{\eta}{\alpha+1}\left[(x+a+c)^{\alpha+1}-c^{a \mp 1}\right] \end{array}$ f(x)=η(x+a+c)α,
η=(α+1)[xa+c)α+1cα+1]–1
Reverse power [0,1] F(x)=1bxbaα $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle F(x)=1-\left(\frac{b-x}{b-a}\right)^{\alpha} \end{array}$ f(x)=α(bx)α1ba $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle f(x)=\frac{\alpha(b-x)^{\alpha-1}}{b-a} \end{array}$
Triangular [0,1] F(X)=ψx+(1ψ)(xa)2(ba)(ca) $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle F(X)=\psi x+(1-\psi)\frac{(x-a)^{2}}{(b-a)(c-a)} \end{array}$ f(x)=F(x)=4xifx(0,,0,5)44xifx(0.5,,1) $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle f(x)=F^{\prime}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{c}4x ~if~ x \in (0,\ldots,0,5)\\ 4-4x \,if~x \in (0.5,\ldots,1) \end{array}\right. \end{array}$
Uniform [0,1] F(x)=xωLωHωL $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle F(x)=\frac{x-\omega_{L}}{\omega_{H}-\omega_{L}} \end{array}$ f(x)=1ωHωL $\begin{array}{} \displaystyle f(x)=\frac{1}{\omega_{H}-\omega_{L}} \end{array}$

Solution: Chebyshev coefficients of K=15 degree

Beta distribution Exponential distribution Gamma distribution Kumaraswamy distribution Log nomal distribution Standard normal distribution Power l distribution Reverse power distribution Triangular distribution Uniform distribution
0.0020 0.0031 0.0021 0.0020 0.0063 0.0032 0.0031 0.0011 0.0028 0.0033
0.9845 0.9827 0.9813 0.9845 0.9886 0.9817 0.9807 0.9973 0.9823 0.9831
0.0024 0.0035 0.0025 0.0024 0.0061 0.0036 0.0034 -0.0004 0.0028 0.0038
0.0080 0.0104 0.0112 0.0080 0.0037 0.0103 0.0111 0.0144 0.0088 0.0100
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0006 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0006 -0.0003 0.0000
-0.0011 -0.0003 0.0005 -0.0011 -0.0010 0.0001 0.0005 -0.0066 0.0010 -0.0009
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0004 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0003 0.0000 0.0000
0.0008 0.0007 0.0008 0.0008 -0.0018 0.0007 0.0009 -0.0048 0.0014 0.0004
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0014 0.0000 0.0000
0.0004 -0.0001 0.0000 0.0004 -0.0007 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0025 -0.0006 0.0001
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0007 0.0000 0.0001 0.0007 -0.0001 0.0003 0.0001 -0.0004 0.0001 0.0002
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Solution: Chebyshev coeff. of K=15 order reserve price =0.5

Beta distribution Exponential distribution Gamma distribution Kumaraswamy distribution Log nomal distribution Standard normal distribution Power l distribution Reverse power distribution Triangular distribution Uniform distribution
0.4432 0.4224 0.4378 0.3424 0.2980 0.3970 0.4438 0.3830 0.4010 0.4123
0.6213 0.6570 0.6284 0.7916 0.8710 0.7012 0.6191 0.7359 0.6901 0.6757
-0.0764 -0.1015 -0.0877 -0.1854 -0.2211 -0.1301 -0.0803 -0.0853 -0.1231 -0.1121
0.0190 -0.1015 0.0298 0.0611 0.0615 0.0447 0.0255 -0.0338 0.0369 0.0358
0.0013 -0.0031 -0.0049 -0.0073 0.0029 -0.0064 -0.0032 0.0000 -0.0027 -0.0035
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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