Distributed Search by Constrained Agents - Algorithms, Performance, Communication (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)

The well defined model of distributed constraints satisfaction and optimization (DisCSPs/DisCOPs) can serve as the basis for the design and investigation of distributed search algorithms, of protocols and of negotiations and search. This book presents a comprehensive discussion on the field of distributed constraints, its algorithms and its active research areas. The book introduces distributed constraint satisfaction and optimization problems and describes the underlying model.