@techreport{cooper:thesis,
    author = {Ezra E. K. Cooper and Robert S. Gray},
    title = {An Economic {CPU}-Time Market for {D'Agents}},
    year = {2000},
    month = {June},
    number = {TR2000--375},
    institution = {Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College},
    copyright = {the authors},
    group = {agents, actcomm, coabs},
    url = {https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/senior_theses/6/},
    keyword = {mobile agent, resource control, market-based control},
    abstract = {A usable and efficient resource-management system has been
created for use with D'Agents. The software dynamically negotiates a price
rate for CPU time, using the competitive bids of mobile agents that offer
currency in return for fast computation. The system allows mobile agents to
plan their expenditures across many hosts while minimizing the time needed
for their tasks. The ability to price CPU time opens the door for service
owners to be compensated for the computation consumed by agents and provides
an incentive for servers to allow anonymous agents. We discuss the
theoretical background which makes a CPU market system possible and the
performance of the D'Agents market system.}
}