Searching for optimal coalition structures

Proceedings - 4th International Conference on MultiAgent Systems, ICMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 287-292

  Sen, S ^a   Dutta, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COALITION FORMATIONS; DETERMINISTIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL COALITION; OPTIMAL DIVISION; PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; SELF-INTERESTED AGENTS; STOCHASTIC SEARCH PROCESS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84962128756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMAS.2000.858465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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