Analysis, Evaluation and Improvement of Sequential Single-Item Auctions for the Cooperative Real-Time Allocation of Tasks

Abstract

Auctions and similar market-based mechanisms are decentralized methods that are a promising way for teams of agents to assign and re-assign tasks among themselves in dynamic, partially known and time-constrained domains. We report on the results of our project on the "Analysis, Evaluation and Improvement of Sequential Single-Item Auctions for the Cooperative Real-Time Allocation of Tasks," where we designed efficient and effective auction mechanisms and analyzed their properties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA585661

Entities

People

  • Craig Tovey
  • Sven Koenig

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Agents
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Machine Learning
  • Market Economy
  • Motion Planning
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Theoretical Computer Science

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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