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We present a market-based approach to call routing in telecommunications networks. A system architecture is described that allows self-interested agents, representing various network resources, potentially owned by different real world enterprises, to co-ordinate their resource allocation decisions without assuming a priori co-operation. It is argued that such an architecture has the potential to provide a distributed, robust and efficient means of traffic management. In particular, our architecture uses an adaptive pricing and inventory setting strategy, based on real bidding, to reduce call blocking in a simulated telecommunications network.
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Gibney, M.A., Jennings, N.R., Vriend, N.J., Griffiths, J.M. (1999). Market-Based Call Routing in Telecommunications Networks Using Adaptive Pricing and Real Bidding. In: Albayrak, S. (eds) Intelligent Agents for Telecommunication Applications. IATA 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1699. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48165-6_4
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