Solving the auction-based task allocation problem in an open environment

Proceedings of the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 164-169

  Sarne, David ^a   Kraus, Sarit ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS' EQUILIBRIUM STRATEGIES; ALLOCATION PROTOCOL; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERFORMANCE;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 29344440086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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