[freehaven-dev] [cs-ug] Talk - Monday, Sept. 25

[Carol Harlow <harlow@deas.harvard.edu>]

> Harvard University
> Computer Science Colloquium Series
> 33 Oxford St., rm. 347, Cambridge, MA 02138
> tel: (617) 496-1440  fax: (617) 495-9837
>
> Colloquium
>
> Computational Markets, Decentralized Scheduling, and Trading Agents
>
> Professor Michael P. Wellman
>   Computer Science and Engineering
> University of Michigan
>
> Monday, September 25, 2000
>                    4:00PM
>  Maxwell Dworkin G115
>  (Tea at 5:00PM Breakout room G123)
>
> Abstract
>
> Computational markets comprise a subclass of multiagent systems where
> the primary mode of interaction is via market price systems.  Markets
> can provide effective decentralized allocation of resources in a
> variety of situations, and economic analysis a powerful design tool
> for interaction protocols.  For the past several years, my research
> group has been exploring the space of market mechanisms, and
> applications to various distributed environments.  In this talk, I
> present an overview of our approach, and highlight results on auction
> protocols for decentralized scheduling.  Elaborations of this problem
> represent realistic commerce scenarios and present challenges for
> designers of bidding strategy, as illustrated by observations on the
> ICMAS-00 Trading Agent Competition.
>
> Technical article to appear in Games and Economic Behavior:
>
> http://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/people/wellman/geb00wwwmm.ps
>
>  Trading Agent Competition:
>
>  http://tac.eecs.umich.edu/
>
> Host:  Professor Barbara Grosz
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>
>