You are one of 8 transportation providers (players A, B, C, ..., H) on a octagon network
and own one of the sides of the octagon network.
The government has to transport goods from a random corner of the octagon network to the
opposing corner. This means there are always two routes the government can
choose to use. See the example below, where the government can choose to use either the route
C, D, E, F or B, A, H, G.)
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The government will always use the cheaper alternative (the route where the sum
of the charges of the four involved tansportation providers is smaller). The
government is not willing to spend more than $100 for a complete trip. Therefore
the government will never accept a transportation that adds up to $100 or more.
Each transportation provider - you are one of them - can make a bid considering
that his/her transportation costs are $5 - this means bidding lees than $5 makes
no sence.
If the government chooses the route where you
own a segment, you get what you had bidden - otherwise you get nothing. If both
routes are equaly expensive, each player gets half of his/her bid. |