A Hybrid Algorithm for Coalition Structure Generation

The current state-of-the-art algorithm for optimal coalition structure generation is IDP-IP--an algorithm that combines IDP (a dynamic programming algorithm due to Rahwan and Jennings, 2008b) with IP (a tree-search algorithm due to Rahwan et al., 2009). In this paper we analyse IDP-IP, highlight its limitations, and then develop a new approach for combining IDP with IP that overcomes these limitations.

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