Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
11-25-1997
Technical Report Number
PCS-TR97-326
Abstract
Mobile agents are programs that can migrate from machine to machine in a heterogeneous, partially disconnected network. As mobile agents move across a network, they consume resources. We discuss a system for controlling the activities of mobile agents that uses electronic cash, a banking system, and a set of resource managers. We describe protocols for transactions between agents. We present fixed-pricing and dynamic-pricing policies for resources. We focus on and analyze the sealed-bid second-price auction as a mechanism for dynamic pricing.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Bredin, Jonathan; Kotz, David; and Rus, Daniela, "Market-based Resource Control for Mobile Agents" (1997). Computer Science Technical Report PCS-TR97-326. https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/cs_tr/159
Comments
A revised version appeared in the conference Autonomous Agents '98.