Distributed consensus in noncooperative inventory games

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 866-878

  Bauso, Dario ^a   Giarré, Laura ^a   Pesenti, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consensus protocols; Game theory; Inventory; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA STRUCTURES;

CONSENSUS PROTOCOLS; GAME THEORY; INVENTORY; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS; NASH EQUILIBRIUM;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 51649115963     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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