Multi-Period Combinatorial Auction Mechanism for Distributed Resource Allocation and Scheduling

• Main Authors: LAU, Hoong Chuin, CHENG, Shih-Fen, LEONG, Thin Yin, PARK, Jong Han, ZHAO, Zhengyi
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Business; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/208; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/1207/viewcontent/lau_CombinatorialAuction.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We consider the problem of resource allocation and scheduling where information and decisions are decentralized, and our goal is to propose a market mechanism that allows resources from a central resource pool to be allocated to distributed decision makers (agents) that seek to optimize their respec...