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Current social networks are of extremely large-scale generating tremendous information flows at every moment. How information diffuse over social networks has attracted much attention from both industry and academics. Most of the existing…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-06-18 Chunxiao Jiang , Yan Chen , K. J. Ray Liu

In this paper we consider a mean field approach to modeling the agents flow over a transportation network. In particular, beside a standard framework of mean field games, with controlled dynamics by the agents and costs mass-distribution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-18 Fabio Bagagiolo , Rosario Maggistro , Raffaele Pesenti

Firms (businesses, service providers, entertainment organizations, political parties, etc.) advertise on social networks to draw people's attention and improve their awareness of the brands of the firms. In all such cases, the competitive…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Sayantika Mandal , Harman Agrawal , Swaprava Nath

In today's dynamic and interconnected world, resource constraints pose significant challenges across various domains, ranging from networks, logistics and manufacturing to project management and optimization, etc. Resource-constrained…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Shiksha Singhal

Social-media platforms have created new ways for citizens to stay informed and participate in public debates. However, to enable a healthy environment for information sharing, social deliberation, and opinion formation, citizens need to be…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-11-05 Cigdem Aslay , Antonis Matakos , Esther Galbrun , Aristides Gionis

The Internet has become a critical communication infrastructure for citizens to organize protests and express dissatisfaction with their governments. This fact has not gone unnoticed, with governments clamping down on this medium via…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-05-21 Bridger Hahn , Rishab Nithyanand , Phillipa Gill , Rob Johnson

Preventing traffic congestion by forecasting near time traffic flows is an important problem as it leads to effective use of transport resources. Social network provides information about activities of humans and social events. Thus, with…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Deepika Pathania , Kamalakar Karlapalem

We consider eager-push epidemic dissemination in a complete graph. Time is divided into synchronous stages. In each stage, a source disseminates $\nu$ events. Each event is sent by the source, and forwarded by each node upon its first…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-10-21 Xavier Vilaca , Luis Rodrigues

We study the weighted Myerson value for Network games extending a similar concept for communication situations. Network games, unlike communication situations, treat direct and indirect links among players differently and distinguish their…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2024-02-20 Niharika Kakoty , Surajit Borkotokey , Rajnish Kumar , Abhijit Bora

Network creation games have been extensively studied, both from economists and computer scientists, due to their versatility in modeling individual-based community formation processes, which in turn are the theoretical counterpart of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-25 Davide Bilò , Luciano Gualà , Stefano Leucci , Guido Proietti

We propose a model of opinion formation on resource allocation among multiple topics by multiple agents, who are subject to hard budget constraints. We define a utility function for each agent and then derive a projected dynamical system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Prashil Wankhede , Nirabhra Mandal , Sonia Martínez , Pavankumar Tallapragada

In the digital age, resources such as open-source software and publicly accessible databases form a crucial category of digital public goods, providing extensive benefits for Internet. This paper investigates networked public goods games…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Yukun Cheng , Xiaotie Deng , Yunxuan Ma

Inspired by the path coordination problem arising from robo-taxis, warehouse management, and mixed-vehicle routing problems, we model a group of heterogeneous players responding to stochastic demands as a congestion game under Markov…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-07-06 Sarah H. Q. Li , Dan Calderone , Behcet Acikmese

Individuals' access to information in a social network depends on its distributed and where in the network individuals position themselves. However, individuals have limited capacity to manage their social connections and process…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-04-09 Jeon-Hyung Kang , Kristina Lerman

We present a model of competition between web search algorithms, and study the impact of such competition on user welfare. In our model, search providers compete for customers by strategically selecting which search results to display in…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-16 David Kempe , Brendan Lucier

Resources are often limited, therefore it is essential how convincingly competitors present their claims for them. Beside a player's natural capacity, here overconfidence and bluffing may also play a decisive role and influence how to share…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-12-06 Kun Li , Attila Szolnoki , Rui Cong , Long Wang

Renewable resources are starting to constitute a growing portion of the total generation mix of the power system. A key difference between renewables and traditional generators is that many renewable resources are managed by individuals,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-07 Pan Li , Shreyas Sekar , Baosen Zhang

Driven by the new economic opportunities created by the creator economy, an increasing number of content creators rely on and compete for revenue generated from online content recommendation platforms. This burgeoning competition reshapes…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Fan Yao , Yiming Liao , Mingzhe Wu , Chuanhao Li , Yan Zhu , James Yang , Qifan Wang , Haifeng Xu , Hongning Wang

An increasing fraction of today social interactions occur using online social media as communication channels. Recent worldwide events, such as social movements in Spain or revolts in the Middle East, highlight their capacity to boost…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-02-09 Przemyslaw A. Grabowicz , Jose J. Ramasco , Esteban Moro , Josep Pujol , Victor M. Eguiluz

Covering and packing problems can be modeled as games to encapsulate interesting social and engineering settings. These games have a high Price of Anarchy in their natural formulation. However, existing research applicable to specific…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2011-09-19 Maria-Florina Balcan , Sara Krehbiel , Georgios Piliouras , Jinwoo Shin