Resource Allocation in Communication Networks Using Market-Based Agents.

Autor: Bramer, Max, Coenen, Frans, Allen, Tony, Haque, Nadim, Jennings, Nicholas R., Moreau, Luc
Zdroj: Research & Development in Intelligent Systems XXI; 2005, p187-200, 14p
Abstrakt: This work describes a system that allocates end-to-end bandwidth, in a switched meshed communications network. The solution makes use of market-based software agents that compete in a number of decentralised marketplaces to buy and sell bandwidth resources. Agents perform a distributed depth first search with decentralised markets in order to allocate routes for calls. The approach relies on a resource reservation and commit mechanism in the network. Initial results show that under a light network load, the system sets up a high percentage of calls which is comparable to the optimum value and that, under all network loads, it performs significantly better than a random strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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