Algorithmic Mechanism Design for Load Balancing in Distributed Systems

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Grosu, Daniel ^a   Chronopoulos, Anthony T ^a  

^a University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed systems; Game theory; Mechanism design; Static load balancing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTERS; FUNCTIONS; GAME THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTERNET; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; MECHANISM DESIGN; STATIC LOAD BALANCING;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0742290036     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2002.805812     Document Type: Article

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