BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR2000-375
ENTRY:: June 10, 2000
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: An Economic CPU-Time Market for D'Agents
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 1
AUTHOR:: Cooper, Ezra E. K.
AUTHOR:: Gray, Robert S.
DATE:: June 2000
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email <reports@cs.dartmouth.edu>
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to
       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
RETRIEVAL:: Compressed Postscript at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR2000-375.ps.Z
RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR2000-375.pdf
ABSTRACT:: 
A usable and efficient resource-management system has been created for
use with D'Agents. The software dynamically negotiates a price rate for
CPU time, using the competitive bids of mobile agents that offer
currency in return for fast computation. The system allows mobile agents
to plan their expenditures across many hosts while minimizing the time
needed for their tasks. The ability to price CPU time opens the door for
service owners to be compensated for the computation consumed by agents and
provides an incentive for servers to allow anonymous agents. We
discuss the theoretical background which makes a CPU market system
possible and the performance of the D'Agents market system.
NOTE:: 
Undergraduate honors thesis.
Advisor: Bob Gray.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR2000-375