MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MECHANISM FOR TASK ALLOCATION

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for allocating and scheduling tasks to agents, according to a process that includes: assigning to each agent a plurality of tasks, by a simulated auction process comprising calculating agent-task utility values, wherein the agent- task utility values are calculated from the parameters including a delayed start penalty, a task interruption penalty, and an agent contribution function; generating a schedule of the assigned plurality of tasks for each agent, by ranking the assigned plurality of tasks according to a utility ranking; and changing an order of assigned tasks of a schedule of at least one agent, to coordinate a start time of a shared task performed by multiple agents.