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Pricing Access to Dynamic Information Services

arXiv:2510. 09859v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: A provider sells a \emph{dynamic information service}---a real-time, capacity-constrained process that resolves a customer's uncertainty---to customers who differ privately in urgency.

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