Issues in multiagent resource allocation Export

@article{citeulike:5961355, abstract = {The allocation of resources within a system of autonomous agents, that not only have preferences over alternative allocations of resources but also actively participate in computing an allocation, is an exciting area of research at the interface of Computer Science and Economics. This paper is a survey of some of the most salient issues in Multiagent Resource Allocation. In particular, we review various languages to represent the preferences of agents over alternative allocations of resources as well as different measures of social welfare to assess the overall quality of an allocation. We also discuss pertinent issues regarding allocation procedures and present important complexity results. Our presentation of theoretical issues is complemented by a discussion of software packages for the simulation of agent-based market places. We also introduce four major application areas for Multiagent Resource Allocation, namely industrial procurement, sharing of satellite resources, manufacturing control, and grid computing. 2 Informatica 25 page xxx–yyy Chevaleyre et al.}, author = {Chevaleyre, Yann and Dunne, Paul E. and Endriss, Ulle and Lang, J\'{e}r\^{o}me and Lema\^{i}tre, Michel and Maudet, Nicolas and Padget, Julian and Phelps, Steve and Rodr\'{\i}guez-aguilar, Juan A. and Sousa, Paulo}, citeulike-article-id = {5961355}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.128.8193}, journal = {Informatica}, keywords = {2006, multi-agent, resource-allocation, survey, welfare}, posted-at = {2009-10-18 16:51:16}, priority = {0}, title = {Issues in multiagent resource allocation}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.128.8193}, volume = {30}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5961355 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5961355 N2 - The allocation of resources within a system of autonomous agents, that not only have preferences over alternative allocations of resources but also actively participate in computing an allocation, is an exciting area of research at the interface of Computer Science and Economics. This paper is a survey of some of the most salient issues in Multiagent Resource Allocation. In particular, we review various languages to represent the preferences of agents over alternative allocations of resources as well as different measures of social welfare to assess the overall quality of an allocation. We also discuss pertinent issues regarding allocation procedures and present important complexity results. Our presentation of theoretical issues is complemented by a discussion of software packages for the simulation of agent-based market places. We also introduce four major application areas for Multiagent Resource Allocation, namely industrial procurement, sharing of satellite resources, manufacturing control, and grid computing. 2 Informatica 25 page xxx–yyy Chevaleyre et al. JF - Informatica TI - Issues in multiagent resource allocation VL - 30 KW - 2006 KW - multi-agent KW - resource-allocation KW - survey KW - welfare AU - Chevaleyre, Yann AU - Dunne, Paul AU - Endriss, Ulle AU - Lang, Jérôme AU - Lemaître, Michel AU - Maudet, Nicolas AU - Padget, Julian AU - Phelps, Steve AU - Rodríguez-aguilar, Juan AU - Sousa, Paulo PY - 2006/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.128.8193 ER -