An evolutionary compensatory negotiation model for distributed dynamic scheduling

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1093-1104

  Chen, Yee Ming ^a   Wang, Shih Chang ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamic scheduling; Evolutionary computation approach; Multiagent systems; Negotiation model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION APPROACH; MUTUAL INFLUENCING; NEGOTIATION MODELS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 37249084057     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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