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@INPROCEEDINGS {gradwell*08, title = {Engineering Large-scale Distributed Auctions}, author = {Gradwell, P. and Oey, M. A. and Timmer, R. J. and Brazier, F. M. T. and Padget, J. }, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Seventh Int. Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS)}, year = {2008}, month = {May}, volume = {3}, pages = {1311--1314}, publisher = {ACM}, location = {Estoril, Portugal}, address = {Richland, SC}, note = {ISBN: 978-0-9817381-2-X}, doi = {10.1145/1402821.1402859}, abstract = {The functional characteristics of market-based solutions are typically best observed through the medium of simulation, datagathering and subsequent visualization. We previously developed a simulation of multiple distributed auctions to handle resource allocation (in fact, bundles of unspecified goods) and in this paper we want to deploy an equivalent system as a distributed application. There are two notable problems with the simulation-first, application-second approach: (i) the simulation cannot reasonably take account of network effects, and (ii) how to recreate in a distributed application the characteristics demonstrated by the mechanism in the simulation. We describe: (i) the refactorings employed in the process of transforming a uni-processor lock-step simulation into a multi-processor asynchronous system, (ii) some preliminary performance indicators, and (iii) some reflections on our experience which may be useful in building MAS in general.}, } |