A computational economy for in load control using a multi-agent system

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 397-417

  Patel, A ^a   Prouskas, K ^a   Barria, J ^a   Pitt, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Intelligent agents; Intelligent network; Market oriented programming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS; SERVICE CONTROL POINTS (SCP);

INTELLIGENT NETWORKS;

EID: 0034263130     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009486305272     Document Type: Article

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