Understanding Decentralised Control of Resource Allocation in a Minimal Multi-agent System Mariusz Jacyno School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK Seth Bullock School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK Terry Payne School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK Michael Luck Department of Computer Science, King's College London Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK pdflogo.jpg AAMAS07_0147_25bf8251b46b986ebc9a44090af7a052