A novel approach to multimodal optimization called Roaming Agent-Based Collaborative Evolutionary Model (RACE) combining several evolutionary techniques with agent-based modeling ...
Rodica Ioana Lung, Camelia Chira, Dumitru Dumitres...
This paper examines the effectiveness of joint decision making within 87 pairs of buyer-supplier relationships in manufacturing. Joint decision making is an important attribute of ...
Execution of programs with data parallel language constructs is either based on the fork/join or on the SPMD model. Whereas the former executes a program sequentially and confines...
We present a multi-dimensional, multi-step negotiation mechanism for task allocation among cooperative agents based on distributed search. This mechanism uses marginal utility gai...
Xiaoqin Zhang, Victor R. Lesser, Rodion M. Podoroz...
: This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of Deadline-Driven Auctions (DDA), a novel task mapping infrastructure for heterogeneous distributed environments. D...