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WECWIS
2005
IEEE
143views ECommerce» more  WECWIS 2005»
14 years 2 months ago
A Groves Mechanism Approach to Decentralized Design of Supply Chains
In this paper, a generic optimization problem arising in supply chain design is modeled in a game theoretic framework and solved as a decentralized problem using a mechanism desig...
Dinesh Garg, Yadati Narahari, Earnest Foster, Deva...
MFCS
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Private Capacities in Mechanism Design
Algorithmic mechanism design considers distributed settings where the participants, termed agents, cannot be assumed to follow the protocol but rather their own interests. The pro...
Vincenzo Auletta, Paolo Penna, Giuseppe Persiano
INFOCOM
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
On Mechanism Design without Payments for Throughput Maximization
—It is well-known that the overall efficiency of a distributed system can suffer if the participating entities seek to maximize their individual performance. Consequently, mecha...
Thomas Moscibroda, Stefan Schmid
WETICE
2005
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Evaluation of an awareness distribution mechanism: A simulation approach
In distributed software engineering, the role of informal communication is frequently overlooked. Participants simply employ their own ad-hoc methods of informal communication. Co...
David Nutter, Cornelia Boldyreff
ICRA
2007
IEEE
171views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 3 months ago
Design and Philosophy of the BiMASC, a Highly Dynamic Biped
Abstract— This paper discusses the design principles and philosophy of the BiMASC, a biped with Mechanically Adjustable Series Compliance which incorporates tuned mechanical leg ...
Jonathan W. Hurst, Joel E. Chestnutt, Alfred A. Ri...