Resource allocation in decentralised computational systems: An evolutionary market-based approach

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-171

  Lewis, Peter R ^a   Marrow, Paul ^b   Yao, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Decentralised systems; Load balancing; Market based control; Resource allocation; Self interested agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953721608     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: 15737454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-009-9113-x     Document Type: Article

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