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2005
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On Modeling Internet QoS Provisioning from Economic Models
The modeling of Internet quality of service (QoS) provisioning is a multidisciplinary research subject. From the viewpoint of game theory, we propose a model that combines QoS inde...
Yufeng Wang, Wendong Wang
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2005
Springer
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Nash Equilibria and Dominant Strategies in Routing
Nash equilibria and dominant strategies are two of the major approaches to deal with selfishness in an automated system (AS), where each agent is a selfish entity. In this paper,...
Weizhao Wang, Xiang-Yang Li, Xiaowen Chu
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2005
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An Adaptive Group-Based Reputation System in Peer-to-Peer Networks
Abstract. As more and more P2P applications being popular in Internet, one of important problem to be solved is inspiring users to cooperate each other actively and honestly, the r...
Liang Sun, Li Jiao, Yufeng Wang, Shiduan Cheng, We...
WINE
2005
Springer
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Multi-unit Combinatorial Reverse Auctions with Transformability Relationships Among Goods
In this paper we extend the notion of multi-unit combinatorial reverse auction by adding a new dimension to the goods at auction. In such a new type of combinatorial auction a buye...
Andrea Giovannucci, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguil...
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2005
Springer
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An Analysis of Search Engine Switching Behavior Using Click Streams
In this paper, we propose a simple framework to characterize the switching behavior between search engines based on click streams. We segment users into a number of categories bas...
Yun-Fang Juan, Chi-Chao Chang
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2005
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Price of Anarchy of Network Routing Games with Incomplete Information
We consider a class of networks where n agents need to send their traffic from a given source to a given destination over m identical, non-intersecting, and parallel links. For suc...
Dinesh Garg, Yadati Narahari
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2005
Springer
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Design of Incentive Compatible Mechanisms for Stackelberg Problems
This paper takes the first steps towards designing incentive compatible mechanisms for hierarchical decision making problems involving selfish agents. We call these Stackelberg p...
Dinesh Garg, Yadati Narahari
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2005
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On Solving Coverage Problems in a Wireless Sensor Network Using Voronoi Diagrams
Owing to numerous potential applications, wireless sensor networks have been the focus of a lot of research efforts lately. In this note we study one fundamental issue in such net...
Anthony Man-Cho So, Yinyu Ye
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2005
Springer
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A Primal-Dual Algorithm for Computing Fisher Equilibrium in the Absence of Gross Substitutability Property
Abstract. We provide the first strongly polynomial time exact combinatorial algorithm to compute Fisher equilibrium for the case when utility functions do not satisfy the Gross su...
Dinesh Garg, Kamal Jain, Kunal Talwar, Vijay V. Va...
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2005
Springer
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Subjective-Cost Policy Routing
We study a model of path-vector routing in which nodes’ routing policies are based on subjective cost assessments of alternative routes. The routes are constrained by the requir...
Joan Feigenbaum, David R. Karger, Vahab S. Mirrokn...