Algorithms[edit]
Resource allocation may be decided by using computer programs applied to a specific domain to automatically and dynamically distribute resources to applicants.
This is especially common in electronic devices dedicated to routing and communication. For example, channel allocation in wireless communication may be decided by a base transceiver station using an appropriate algorithm.[6]
One class of resource whereby applicants bid for the best resource(s) according to their balance of "money", as in an online auction business model (see also auction theory). A study by Emmanuel Yarteboi Annan[citation needed] shows that this is highly important in the resource allocation sector.
In one paper on CPU time slice allocation[7] an auction algorithm is compared to proportional share scheduling.