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The use of game theory in the design and control of large scale networked systems is becoming increasingly more important. In this paper, we follow this approach to efficiently solve a network allocation problem motivated by peer-to- peer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-23 Fabio Fagnani , Barbara Franci

We introduce a new class of context dependent, incomplete information games to serve as structured prediction models for settings with significant strategic interactions. Our games map the input context to outcomes by first condensing the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-30 Vikas K. Garg , Tommi Jaakkola

In social dilemmas, most interactions are transient and susceptible to restructuring, leading to continuous changes in social networks over time. Typically, agents assess the rewards of their current interactions and adjust their…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-11-25 Xiaojin Xiong , Yichao Yao , Minyu Feng , Manuel Chica

We propose a game-theoretic framework that incorporates both incomplete information and general ambiguity attitudes on factors external to all players. Our starting point is players' preferences on payoff-distribution vectors, essentially…

Economics · Quantitative Finance 2017-04-04 Jian Yang

High performance machine learning models have become highly dependent on the availability of large quantity and quality of training data. To achieve this, various central agencies such as the government have suggested for different data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-27 Zhiliang Chen

Many collective decision-making settings feature a strategic tension between agents acting out of individual self-interest and promoting a common good. These include wearing face masks during a pandemic, voting, and vaccination. Networked…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Sixie Yu , David Kempe , Yevgeniy Vorobeychik

We present a new class of strategic games, mixed capability games, as a foundation for studying how different player capabilities impact the dynamics and outcomes of strategic games. We analyze the impact of different player capabilities…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-17 Kai Jia , Martin Rinard , Yichen Yang

An overview of game-theoretic approaches to energy-efficient resource allocation in wireless networks is presented. Focusing on multiple-access networks, it is demonstrated that game theory can be used as an effective tool to study resource…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Farhad Meshkati , H. Vincent Poor , Stuart C. Schwartz

Deriving competitive, distributed solutions to multi-agent problems is crucial for many developing application domains; Game theory has emerged as a useful framework to design such algorithms. However, much of the attention within this…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-27 Rohit Konda , Rahul Chandan , David Grimsman , Jason R. Marden

According to the standard protocol of spatial public goods game, a cooperator player invests not only into his own game but also into the games organized by neighboring partners. In this work, we relax this assumption by allowing…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-06-23 Attila Szolnoki , Xiaojie Chen

Cooperative game theory has diverse applications in contemporary artificial intelligence, including domains like interpretable machine learning, resource allocation, and collaborative decision-making. However, specifying a cooperative game…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Filip Úradník , David Sychrovský , Jakub Černý , Martin Černý

When funding public goods, resources are often allocated via mechanisms that resemble contests, especially in the case of research grants. A common critique of these contests is that they induce ``too much'' effort from participants. This…

General Economics · Economics 2024-03-13 Kyle R. Myers

We investigate the manipulation of power indices in TU-cooperative games by stimulating (subject to a budget constraint) changes in the propensity of other players to participate to the game. We display several algorithms that show that the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-17 Gabriel Istrate , Cosmin Bonchiş , Alin Brînduşescu

An important task in the analysis of multiagent systems is to understand how groups of selfish players can form coalitions, i.e., work together in teams. In this paper, we study the dynamics of coalition formation under bounded rationality.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2011-03-03 John Augustine , Ning Chen , Edith Elkind , Angelo Fanelli , Nick Gravin , Dmitry Shiryaev

Cooperation and competition are fundamental forces shaping both natural and human systems, yet their interplay remains poorly understood. The Prisoner's Dilemma Game (PDG) has long served as a foundational framework in Game Theory for…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-08-01 Alfonso de Miguel-Arribas , Chengbin Sun , Carlos Gracia-Lázaro , Yamir Moreno

We study two-player games on finite graphs. Turn-based games have many nice properties, but concurrent games are harder to tame: e.g. turn-based stochastic parity games have positional optimal strategies, whereas even basic concurrent…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Benjamin Bordais , Patricia Bouyer , Stéphane Le Roux

The emergence of collective cooperation in competitive environments is a well-known phenomenon in biology, economics, and social systems. While most evolutionary game models focus on the evolution of strategies for a fixed game, how…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-08-01 Onkar Sadekar , Andrea Civilini , Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes , Vito Latora , Federico Battiston

Tolerance implies enduring trying circumstances with a fair and objective attitude. To determine whether evolutionary advantages might be stemming from diverse levels of tolerance in a population, we study a spatial public goods game, where…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-08-04 Attila Szolnoki , Matjaz Perc

In many coalition formation games the utility of the agents depends on a social network. In such scenarios there might be a manipulative agent that would like to manipulate his connections in the social network in order to increase his…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-21 Naftali Waxman , Noam Hazon , Sarit Kraus

I study sequential contests where the efforts of earlier players may be disclosed to later players by nature or by design. The model has a range of applications, including rent seeking, R&D, oligopoly, public goods provision, and tragedy of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-22 Toomas Hinnosaar