Efficiency, incentives, and computational tractability in mas-coordination

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Gomber, Peter ^a   Schmidt, Claudia ^a   Weinhardt, Christof ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auctions; Computational tractability; Coordination; Efficiency; Electronic markets; Incentives; Multi agent system; Ressource allocation; Transportation planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644450855     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843099000022     Document Type: Article

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