TY - JOUR
T1 - Grid Commerce, Market-Driven G-Negotiation, and Grid Resource Management
AU - Sim, Kwang Mong
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a research grant from the Hong Kong Baptist University, Project FRG/04-05/II-65. This paper was recommended by Associate Editor A. F. Gomez Skarmeta.
Publisher copyright:
© 2006 IEEE
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - Although the management of resources is essential for realizing a computational grid, providing an efficient resource allocation mechanism is a complex undertaking. Since grid providers and consumers may be independent bodies, negotiation among them is necessary. The contribution of this paper is showing that market-driven agents (MDAs) are appropriate tools for grid resource negotiation. MDAs are e-negotiation agents designed with the flexibility of: 1) making adjustable amounts of concession taking into account market rivalry, outside options, and time preferences and 2) relaxing bargaining terms in the face of intense pressure. A heterogeneous testbed consisting of several types of e-negotiation agents to simulate a grid computing environment was developed. It compares the performance of MDAs against other e-negotiation agents (e.g., Kasbah) in a grid-commerce environment. Empirical results show that MDAs generally achieve: 1) higher budget efficiencies in many market situations than other e-negotiation agents in the testbed and 2) higher success rates in acquiring grid resources under high grid loadings
AB - Although the management of resources is essential for realizing a computational grid, providing an efficient resource allocation mechanism is a complex undertaking. Since grid providers and consumers may be independent bodies, negotiation among them is necessary. The contribution of this paper is showing that market-driven agents (MDAs) are appropriate tools for grid resource negotiation. MDAs are e-negotiation agents designed with the flexibility of: 1) making adjustable amounts of concession taking into account market rivalry, outside options, and time preferences and 2) relaxing bargaining terms in the face of intense pressure. A heterogeneous testbed consisting of several types of e-negotiation agents to simulate a grid computing environment was developed. It compares the performance of MDAs against other e-negotiation agents (e.g., Kasbah) in a grid-commerce environment. Empirical results show that MDAs generally achieve: 1) higher budget efficiencies in many market situations than other e-negotiation agents in the testbed and 2) higher success rates in acquiring grid resources under high grid loadings
KW - Grid commerce
KW - Grid resource allocation
KW - Negotiation
KW - Resource management
KW - Software agent
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U2 - 10.1109/TSMCB.2006.877791
DO - 10.1109/TSMCB.2006.877791
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:33947154958
SN - 1083-4419
VL - 36
SP - 1381
EP - 1394
JO - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics
IS - 6
ER -