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Mobile edge computing seeks to provide resources to different delay-sensitive applications. However, allocating the limited edge resources to a number of applications is a challenging problem. To alleviate the resource scarcity problem, we…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-28 Faheem Zafari , Jian Li , Kin K Leung , Don Towsley , Ananthram Swami

In computer networks, participants may cooperate in processing tasks, so that loads are balanced among them. We present local distributed algorithms that (repeatedly) use local imbalance criteria to transfer loads concurrently across the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-07 Yefim Dinitz , Shlomi Dolev , Manish Kumar

We consider network aggregative games to model and study multi-agent populations in which each rational agent is influenced by the aggregate behavior of its neighbors, as specified by an underlying network. Specifically, we examine systems…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-06-26 Francesca Parise , Sergio Grammatico , Basilio Gentile , John Lygeros

This paper introduces a systematic methodological framework to design and analyze distributed algorithms for optimization and games over networks. Starting from a centralized method, we identify an aggregation function involving all the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-26 Guido Carnevale , Nicola Mimmo , Giuseppe Notarstefano

This paper investigates online stochastic aggregative games subject to local set constraints and time-varying coupled inequality constraints, where each player possesses a time-varying expectation-valued cost function relying on not only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Kaixin Du , Min Meng

In this paper, we investigate the noncooperative games of multi-agent systems. Different from existing noncooperative games, our formulation involves the high-order nonlinear dynamics of players, and the communication topologies among…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-17 Zhenhua Deng , Jin Luo

In this paper, we propose a game-theoretic solution to the parking problem, by exploiting a strategic-reasoning approach for multi-agent systems. Precisely, cars are modeled by agents interacting among them in a multi-player game setting,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Giuseppe Calise , Aniello Murano , Silvia Stranieri

We formulate and study a general time-varying multi-agent system where players repeatedly compete under incomplete information. Our work is motivated by scenarios commonly observed in online advertising and retail marketplaces, where agents…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Ludovico Crippa , Yonatan Gur , Bar Light

This paper aims to design a distributed coordination algorithm for solving a multi-agent decision problem with a hierarchical structure. The primary goal is to search the Nash equilibrium of a noncooperative game such that each player has…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-17 Xiaoyu Ma , Jinlong Lei , Peng Yi , Jie Chen

In this work, we consider a computational model of a distributed system formed by a set of servers in which jobs, that are continuously arriving, have to be executed. Every job is formed by a set of dependent tasks (i.~e., each task may…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-10-07 Vicent Cholvi , Juan Echagüe , Antonio Fernández Anta , Christopher Thraves Caro

A strategy profile in a multi-player game is a Nash equilibrium if no player can unilaterally deviate to achieve a strictly better payoff. A profile is an $\epsilon$-Nash equilibrium if no player can gain more than $\epsilon$ by…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Ali Asadi , Léonard Brice , Krishnendu Chatterjee , K. S. Thejaswini

In this paper, we address the challenge of Nash equilibrium (NE) seeking in non-cooperative convex games with partial-decision information. We propose a distributed algorithm, where each agent refines its strategy through projected-gradient…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-15 Duong Thuy Anh Nguyen , Mattia Bianchi , Florian Dörfler , Duong Tung Nguyen , Angelia Nedić

Multi-team games, prevalent in robotics and resource management, involve team members striving for a joint best response against other teams. Team-Nash equilibrium (TNE) predicts the outcomes of such coordinated interactions. However, can…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Ahmed Said Donmez , Yuksel Arslantas , Muhammed O. Sayin

In the load balancing problem, each node in a network is assigned a load, and the goal is to equally distribute the loads among the nodes, by preforming local load exchanges. While load balancing was extensively studied in static networks,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Seth Gilbert , Uri Meir , Ami Paz , Gregory Schwartzman

Job-scheduling games have traditionally assumed fixed processing times. However, in many realistic environments, ranging from cyber-security response to high-frequency trading, a task's duration depends on its starting time. We study…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Ido Borenstein , Tami Tamir

We use ideas from distributed computing and game theory to study dynamic and decentralized environments in which computational nodes, or decision makers, interact strategically and with limited information. In such environments, which arise…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-06 Aaron D. Jaggard , Neil Lutz , Michael Schapira , Rebecca N. Wright

This paper investigates Nash equilibrium (NE) seeking problems for noncooperative games over multi-players networks with finite bandwidth communication. A distributed quantized algorithm is presented, which consists of local gradient play,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-11-16 Ziqin Chen , Ji Ma , Shu Liang , Li Li

A central question in algorithmic game theory is to measure the inefficiency (ratio of costs) of Nash equilibria (NE) with respect to socially optimal solutions. The two established metrics used for this purpose are price of anarchy (POA)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Shuchi Chawla , Joseph , Naor , Debmalya Panigrahi , Mohit Singh , Seeun William Umboh

This paper studies the effects of introducing altruistic agents into atomic congestion games. Altruistic behavior is modeled by a trade-off between selfish and social objectives. In particular, we assume agents optimize a linear combination…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2009-02-04 Martin Hoefer , Alexander Skopalik

The dynamic load balancing algorithm based on the monitoring server load, self-similar characteristics of passing traffic have to provide a statistically uniform load distribution on servers, high performance, fault tolerance and capacity,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-22 Lyudmila Kirichenko , Igor Ivanisenko , Tamara Radivilova