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Prompt Scheduling for Selfish Agents

Data Structures and Algorithms 2018-04-11 v1 Computer Science and Game Theory
Authors: Alon Eden , Michal Feldman , Amos Fiat , Tzahi Taub
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Abstract

We give a prompt online mechanism for minimizing the sum of [weighted] completion times. This is the first prompt online algorithm for the problem. When such jobs are strategic agents, delaying scheduling decisions makes little sense. Moreover, the mechanism has a particularly simple form of an anonymous menu of options.

Keywords

scheduling online algorithm multi-agent systems

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@article{arxiv.1804.03244,
  title  = {Prompt Scheduling for Selfish Agents},
  author = {Alon Eden and Michal Feldman and Amos Fiat and Tzahi Taub},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.03244},
  year   = {2018}
}

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