Algorithms for transitive dependence-based coalition formation

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 234-245

  An, Bo ^a   Shen, Zhiqi ^b   Miao, Chunyan ^c   Cheng, Daijie ^d  

^a University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Multiagent systems; Transitive dependence

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CASE BASED REASONING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GAME THEORY; POLYNOMIALS;

COALITION FORMATION; POLYNOMIAL COMPLEXITY; TRANSITIVE DEPENDENCE;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547823917     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2007.902255     Document Type: Article

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