Best Matching Theory & Applications

Mismatch or best match? This book demonstrates that best matching of individual entities to each other is essential to ensure smooth conduct and successful competitiveness in any distributed system, natural and artificial. Interactions must be optimized t

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Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services Volume 3

Series editor Shimon Y. Nof, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA e-mail: [email protected]

About this Series The Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services series (ACES) publishes new developments and advances in the fields of Automation, collaboration and e-services; rapidly and informally but with a high quality. It captures the scientific and engineering theories and techniques addressing challenges of the megatrends of automation, and collaboration. These trends, defining the scope of the ACES Series, are evident with wireless communication, Internetworking, multi-agent systems, sensor networks, cyber-physical collaborative systems, interactive-collaborative devices, and social robotics etc. Within the scope of the series are monographs, lecture notes, selected contributions from specialized conferences and workshops.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8393

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Mohsen Moghaddam School of Industrial Engineering, PRISM Center Purdue University West Lafayette, IN USA

Shimon Y. Nof School of Industrial Engineering, PRISM Center Purdue University West Lafayette, IN USA

ISSN 2193-472X ISSN 2193-4738 (electronic) Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services ISBN 978-3-319-46069-7 ISBN 978-3-319-46070-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-46070-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016951672 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

My parents, Eshrat and Ahmad — Mohsen Moghaddam My parents, Yaffa and Yaacov Nowomiast of blessed memory — Shimon Y. Nof

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