A method for solving distributed service allocation problems

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Vidal, José M ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTIONS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

BIDDING PROTOCOL ALGORITHMS; SERVICE ALLOCATION; TASK ALLOCATION;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942554884     PISSN: 15701263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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