Market-Based Computing

Market-like mechanisms can form the basis for flexible distributed software systems and for allocation of computational resources:

» C. A. Waldspurger et al., Spawn: A Distributed Computational Economy, 1992
Allocating time on idle computers

» B. A. Huberman and S. H. Clearwater, A Multi-Agent System for Controlling Building Environments, 1995
Managing energy use in office buildings