Resource allocation with answer-set programming

Multi-agent resource allocation is a growing area of research at the frontier between Economics and Computer Science. Despite the extensive theoretical work and raising number of practical applications, many fundamental problems in multi-agent resource allocation still require adequate attention to its computational aspects. This paper addresses computational aspects of multi-agent resource allocation through the use of a fully declarative and highly expressive logic programming paradigm – Answer Set Programming – to provide uniform, general and flexible solutions to many multi-agent resource allocation problems in a compact and declarative manner. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.4 [Computing Methodologies]: Artificial Intelligence – Knowledge Representation Formalisms and Methods General Terms Algorithms, Economics. Keywords Resource Allocation, Answer-Set Programming, Preference Representation.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: João Leite, José Júlio Alferes, Belopeta Mito
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, ATAL 2009, Keywords Resource Allocation, Multi-agent Resource Allocation, Resource Allocation Problems