Test Name: BidBots Test #1

Test Overview:  This data was generated during a "BidBot" auction - that is, and auction in which the participants were automated bidding agents using a rules-based engine to bid according to a defined strategy.

Participants:  All participants in this auction were automated bidding agents.  There were no people bidding in this auction.

Purpose of the test:  The test was conducted to measure how the current rules would affect the duration of the auction, given a set of bidders with a known, controlled strategy.

Data Content:  This MS Access database provides the auction bidding history, package construction detail, and round results for each round of the auction.  Note that this data is not presented in a published report or data file format, but is instead provided in the internal format used with the CPlex solver software.  The column specifications for each table are provided below.

CONSIDERED_PACKAGES_HISTORY
bidder_id: unique bidder identification number.
bid_id: unique bid identification number.
round_num: round number of bid consideration.
bid_round_num: round number of bid placement.
bid_amt: bid amount of the bid.
package_id: unique package identification number.
prov_winning_flag: byte flag to indicate whether this bid was selected as a provisional winner in the considered round (round_num).
total_bu: total number of bidding units in the package.
selection_num: sum of n random number (uniform distribution), where n is the number of licenses in the package.

CONSIDERED_PACKAGES_DETAIL
package_id: unique package identification number.
lic_id: license identification number.

ROUND_RESULTS
round_num: round number.
revenue: revenue generated by bids considered in the round.
low_doll_bu: lowest dollar per bidding unit of any bid in the provisionally winning set over the last 5 rounds.