Distributed hierarchical team resource allocation

This paper considers distributed hierarchical team resource allocation in a dynamic environment. A hierarchical team of one leader and three subordinates is to process multiple types of randomly arriving tasks. Sharing a limited amount of renewable resources with other subordinates, each subordinate is responsible for processing a subset of tasks that arrive in his/her subsystem. The leader does not process tasks, but is responsible for coordinating subordinates' task processing through announcing the resource transfer plan and carrying out resource transfers among the subordinates. The objective of the team is to maximize the expected team reward through task processing.