MST
2010
13 years 2 months ago
2010
We consider a cost sharing system where users are selfish and act according to their own interest. There is a set of facilities and each facility provides services to a subset of ...
AC
2000
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
2000
Springer
nvented abstract representations of value. As time passed, representations of value became more abstract, progressing from barter through bank notes, payment orders, checks, credit...
IJNSEC
2007
13 years 7 months ago
2007
In this paper a novel electronic payment protocol suitable for “peer-to-peer” (P2P) networks is presented. It implements electronic cash-based transactions, between buyers and...
AAAI
2006
13 years 8 months ago
2006
In group decision-making problems that involve selfinterested agents with private information, reaching socially optimal outcomes requires aligning the goals of individuals with t...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2007
IEEE
Mobile payment services have, thus far, failed to entice consumers. An apparent conclusion is that these services have failed to meet consumers’ payment needs. Deeper understand...
INFOCOM
2009
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2009
IEEE
—It is well-known that the overall efficiency of a distributed system can suffer if the participating entities seek to maximize their individual performance. Consequently, mecha...