Decentralization cost in scheduling: A game-theoretic approach

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-275

  Bukchin, Yossi ^a   Hanany, Eran ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contracting; Decentralization; Game theory; Incentives; Noncooperative games; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; COSTS; DIAMONDS; SCHEDULING;

ARBITRARY NUMBERS; CONTRACTING; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKERS; INCENTIVES; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; NONCOOPERATIVE GAMES; SOLUTION PROPERTIES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 55049126013     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1070.0152     Document Type: Article

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