Double auction protocols for resource allocation in grids

Abstract

In this paper we propose the double auction allocation model for grids, and three double auction protocols for resource allocation: Preston-McAfee Double Auction Protocol (PMDA), threshold price double auction protocol (TPDA) and continuous double auction protocol (CDA). We study these protocols in terms of economic efficiency and system performance. The results show that CDA protocol is better from both resource's and user's perspective providing high resource utilization.