Handling Resource Oscillations Through Selective Misinformation

When resource consumers select among competing providers based on delayed information, inefficient oscillations in resource utilization can emerge. This paper describes an approach, based on selective stochastic resource request rejection, for dealing with this emergent dysfunction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Klein, Mark, Metzler, Richard, Bar-Yam, Yaneer
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65426