Coalition Formation for Large-Scale Electronic Markets Export

@misc{citeulike:840937, abstract = {Coalition formation is a desirable behavior in a multiagent system, when a group of agents can perform a task more efficiently than any single agent can. Computational and communications complexity of traditional approaches to coalition formation, e.g., through negotiation, make them impractical for large systems. We propose an alternative, physics-motivated mechanism for coalition formation that treats agents as randomly moving, locally interacting entities. A new coalition may form when two...}, author = {Lerman, K. and Shehory, O.}, citeulike-article-id = {840937}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1.6712}, keywords = {coalition}, posted-at = {2006-09-12 14:41:46}, priority = {3}, title = {Coalition Formation for Large-Scale Electronic Markets}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1.6712}, year = {2000} }

TY - GEN ID - citeulike:840937 L3 - citeulike-article-id:840937 N2 - Coalition formation is a desirable behavior in a multiagent system, when a group of agents can perform a task more efficiently than any single agent can. Computational and communications complexity of traditional approaches to coalition formation, e.g., through negotiation, make them impractical for large systems. We propose an alternative, physics-motivated mechanism for coalition formation that treats agents as randomly moving, locally interacting entities. A new coalition may form when two... TI - Coalition Formation for Large-Scale Electronic Markets KW - coalition AU - Lerman, K AU - Shehory, O PY - 2000/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1.6712 ER -