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We formulate a theory of agent-based models in which agents compete to be in a winning group. The agents may be part of a network or not, and the winning group may be a minority group or not. The novel feature of the present formalism is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 T. S. Lo , H. Y. Chan , P. M. Hui , N. F. Johnson

The recently developed mean-field game models of corruption and bot-net defence in cyber-security, the evolutionary game approach to inspection and corruption, and the pressure-resistance game element, can be combined under an extended…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-03 Stamatios Katsikas , Vassili Kolokoltsov

In this dissertation, we analyze the computational properties of game-theoretic centrality measures. The key idea behind game-theoretic approach to network analysis is to treat nodes as players in a cooperative game, where the value of each…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-08 Piotr Lech Szczepański

Understanding and predicting the behavior of large-scale multi-agents in games remains a fundamental challenge in multi-agent systems. This paper examines the role of heterogeneity in equilibrium formation by analyzing how smooth…

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We propose a model to show the self-assembling of network-like structures between a set of nodes without using preexisting positional information or long-range attraction of the nodes. The model is based on Brownian agents that are capable…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Frank Schweitzer , Benno Tilch

Residential segregation in metropolitan areas is a phenomenon that can be observed all over the world. Recently, this was investigated via game-theoretic models. There, selfish agents of two types are equipped with a monotone utility…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-11 Davide Bilò , Vittorio Bilò , Pascal Lenzner , Louise Molitor

Complex networks are a great tool for simulating the outcomes of different strategies used within the iterated prisoners' dilemma game. However, because the strategies themselves rely on the connection between nodes, then initial network…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-08-30 Louis Zhao , Chen Ye Gan , Minglu Zhao

The stable functionality of networked systems is a hallmark of their natural ability to coordinate between their multiple interacting components. Yet, strikingly, real-world networks seem random and highly irregular, apparently lacking any…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-04-25 Chandrakala Meena , Chittaranjan Hens , Suman Acharyya , Simcha Haber , Stefano Boccaletti , Baruch Barzel

Congestion games are popular models often used to study the system-level inefficiencies caused by selfish agents, typically measured by the price of anarchy. One may expect that aligning the agents' preferences with the system-level…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Bryce L Ferguson , Dario Paccagnan , Bary S R Pradelski , Jason R Marden

Strategic interactions between a group of individuals or organisations can be modelled as games played on networks, where a player's payoff depends not only on their actions but also on those of their neighbours. Inferring the network…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-19 Emanuele Rossi , Federico Monti , Yan Leng , Michael M. Bronstein , Xiaowen Dong

Network creation games investigate complex networks from a game-theoretic point of view. Based on the original model by Fabrikant et al. [PODC'03] many variants have been introduced. However, almost all versions have the drawback that edges…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-03 Ankit Chauhan , Pascal Lenzner , Anna Melnichenko , Louise Molitor

Today's multiagent systems have grown too complex to rely on centralized controllers, prompting increasing interest in the design of distributed algorithms. In this respect, game theory has emerged as a valuable tool to complement more…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Rahul Chandan , Dario Paccagnan , Jason R. Marden

In this paper, we propose a new framework for synchronization of heterogeneous multi agent system which we refer to as weak synchronization. This new framework of synchronization is based on achieving the network stability in the absence of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-04 Anton A. Stoorvogel , Ali Saberi , Zhenwei Liu

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

A multiagent based model for a system of cooperative agents aiming at growth is proposed. This is based on a set of generalized Verhulst-Lotka-Volterra differential equations. In this study, strong cooperation is allowed among agents having…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-06-08 L. F. Caram , C. F. Caiafa , M. Ausloos , A. N. Proto

In this paper, we study a variant of hedonic games, called \textsc{Seat Arrangement}. The model is defined by a bijection from agents with preferences for each other to vertices in a graph $G$. The utility of an agent depends on the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Hans L. Bodlaender , Tesshu Hanaka , Lars Jaffke , Hirotaka Ono , Yota Otachi , Tom C. van der Zanden

We study a recently introduced class of strategic games that is motivated by and generalizes Schelling's well-known residential segregation model. These games are played on undirected graphs, with the set of agents partitioned into multiple…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-25 Aishwarya Agarwal , Edith Elkind , Jiarui Gan , Alexandros A. Voudouris

In this paper, we present a framework for multi-agent learning in a nonstationary dynamic network environment. More specifically, we examine projected gradient play in smooth monotone repeated network games in which the agents'…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Feras Al Taha , Kiran Rokade , Francesca Parise

Network games provide a natural machinery to compactly represent strategic interactions among agents whose payoffs exhibit sparsity in their dependence on the actions of others. Besides encoding interaction sparsity, however, real networks…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-01-22 Kun Jin , Yevgeniy Vorobeychik , Mingyan Liu

We consider agents in a social network competing to be selected as partners in collaborative, mutually beneficial activities. We study this through a model in which an agent i can initiate a limited number k_i>0 of games and selects the…

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