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| q | The quantity of procurement |
| I | The set of growers |
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| The winner set of growers |
| K | The set of nonmoney attributes |
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| The attribute bundle selected by grower i |
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| Discrete valuations space of attribute k |
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| Planting cost function of grower i for each attribute bundle |
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| The valuation function of the procurer |
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| The price submitted by grower i for one unit produce |
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| The price submitted by grower i for q unit of produces |
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| The multidimensional bid of grower i |
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| The constructed score of grower i |
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| The qth highest score in the constructed |