The primary target of the CATNETS project is the quantitative comparison between thetechnical and economic efficiency of market-based resource allocation mechanisms inapplication layer networks such as Grids. Here, two fundamentally different approachesare compared. A centralized –...

One of the main issues in the development of future Grid and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networksystems is the efficient exploitation of services and resources available in the network.A scalable, dynamic, and adaptable allocation mechanism is essential so that quality ofservice requirements from network...

Axiomatic Design (AD) ist eine Methode, die den Entwurf beliebiger Systeme unterstützenkann. AD hilft, Anforderungen klar voneinander abzugrenzen und unterstützt die Entwicklungvon Systemen, deren Komponenten eine überschaubare Komplexität aufweisen und weitgehendunabhängig voneinander...

This challenging book extends standard economic theory to take into account the presence of heterogeneity among economic agents. It argues for an approach to economic analysis which regards the economy as an interactive system with heterogeneous agents and not simply a system which treats...