conference paper
A Comparative Study of Market-Based and Threshold-Based Task Allocation
2006
Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS)
In this paper we compare the costs and benefits of market-based and thresholdbased approaches to task allocation in real world conditions, where information and communication may be limited or inaccurate. We have performed extensive comparative experiments in an event-handling domain. Our results indicate that when information is accurate, market-based approaches are more efficient; when it is not, threshold-based approaches offer the same quality of allocation at a fraction of the expense. Additionally, both approaches are robust to low communication and task perception ranges in our experimental domain.
Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Kalra, N.
Date Issued
2006
Published in
Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS)
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
EPFL units
Event name | Event place | Event date |
Minneapolis | July 12-14 | |
Available on Infoscience
March 21, 2006
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