Asynchronous partial overlay: A new algorithm for solving distributed constraint satisfaction problems

Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

Volumn 25, Issue , 2006, Pages 529-576

  Mailler, Roger ^a   Lesser, Victor R ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASYNCHRONOUS PARTIAL OVERLAY (APO); CENTRALIZED SUBPROBLEMS OVERLAP; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION; DISTRIBUTED CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION (DCSP);

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 33744462868     PISSN: 10769757     EISSN: 10769757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1613/jair.1786     Document Type: Article

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