Why market-based methods?

• Centralized requires:

  • full knowledge of each agent�s value function
  • full info on local production or technology constraints
  • low latency communications
  • massive computation (exponential problems)

• Markets require:

  • local information (own preferences, own technology, and system prices)
  • local optimization

• Thus, maximally modular

• Also, good stability and convergence

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