Max/min-sum distributed constraint optimization through value propagation on an alternating DAG

11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2012, AAMAS 2012: Innovative Applications Track

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 280-287

  Zivan, Roie ^a   Peled, Hilla ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

DCOP; GDL; Incomplete Algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

DCOP; DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPH (DAG); DISTRIBUTED CONSTRAINT OPTIMIZATIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GDL; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; MAX-SUM ALGORITHM; REALISTIC APPLICATIONS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84899415202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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