Efficient bidding in dynamic grid markets

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1483-1496

  Danak, Amir ^a   Mannor, Shie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

auction theory; dynamic game theory; Grid computing; repeated games; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

AUCTION THEORY; BIDDING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; DYNAMIC GAME THEORY; DYNAMIC GRID; GRID SYSTEMS; GRID USERS; LONG-TERM PROFITS; PREFERENCE RELATION; REPEATED GAMES; SHARED RESOURCES;

COMPUTATION THEORY; GAME THEORY; PROFITABILITY;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 79960845453     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2011.29     Document Type: Article

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