1. A method for efficiently solving an optimization problem having coupled variables distributed across a computer network architecture comprising at least two nodes each having local databases, the method comprising: providing an optimization algorithm; creating a plurality of coevolutionary agents implementing the optimization algorithm, each coevolutionary agent having a primary search variable and at least one secondary search variable, the plurality of coevolutionary agents distributed across the at least two nodes in the network architecture and the primary search variable of each coevolutionary agent corresponding to one of the at least one secondary search variables of the remaining coevolutionary agents; conducting concurrent local searches using each coevolutionary agent at the corresponding one of the nodes where the coevolutionary agent is located, based on the primary search variable of the coevolutionary agent for producing local solutions using information available from the corresponding one of the local databases; updating the primary search variable of each coevolutionary agent based on the corresponding one of the local solutions; providing a plurality of mobile agents at the at least two nodes; using the plurality of mobile agents to transport the local solutions produced at each node having a coevolutionary agent to all of the other nodes; and updating the at least one secondary search variable of each coevolutionary agent using local solutions transported by the mobile agents using a coordination scheme.