1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: obtaining overall metrics for a plurality of possible actions related to association and resource partitioning, wherein each overall metric is indicative of an overall performance level of a set of base stations resulting from one of a given association-only action, a given resource partitioning-only action, or a given association and resource partitioning action; and determining serving base stations for a set of user equipments (UEs) and resources allocated to the set of base stations based on the overall metrics for the plurality of possible actions.