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Market-based control of computational systems: introduction to the special issue

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We introduce the Special Issue of the journal on the topic of Market-Based Control of Computational Systems. The special issue collects six peer-reviewed papers arising from an International Workshop on the topic held in Liverpool, UK, in September 2008.

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  1. Intelligence, Agents and Multimedia (IAM) Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Enrico H. Gerding

  2. Agent ART Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

    Peter McBurney

  3. Natural Computation Group, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    Xin Yao

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Gerding, E.H., McBurney, P. & Yao, X. Market-based control of computational systems: introduction to the special issue. Auton Agent Multi-Agent Syst 21, 109–114 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10458-009-9114-9

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