In this paper we examine a game-theoretical generalization of the landscape theory introduced by Axelrod and Bennett (1993). their two-bloc setting each player ranks blocs on basis sum her individual evaluations members group. We extend Axelrod–Bennett allowing an arbitrary number expanding set possible deviations to include multi-country gradual deviations. show that Pareto optimal equilibrium...

This paper develops a decentralized leader-follower game for network design of a competitive supply chain problem in which a new chain as the leader enters a market with one existing supply chain as a follower. Both chains produce an identical product, customer demand is inelastic and customer utility function is based on Huff gravity-based model. The leader wants to shape his network and set a...

Due to the expansion of container port facilities and many market suppliers, competition among container terminals (CTs) is at the level of threatening the management income and expenditure of port management companies. This paper develops a noncooperative game model and a cooperative game model which involve four CTs located in North Port and two terminals in New port of Busan, Republic of Kor...

As a kind of intelligent communication technology, the characteristic of dynamic spectrum allocation of cognitive radio provides feasible scheme for sharing with the spectrum resources among the primary user and secondary users, which solves the current spectrum resource scarcity problem. In this paper, we comprehensively explored the cognitive radio spectrum allocation models based on game the...

We develop a strategic model of network interdiction in a non-cooperative game of flow. An adversary, endowed with a bounded quantity of bads, chooses a flow specifying a plan for carrying bads through a network from a base to a target. Simultaneously, an agency chooses a blockage specifying a plan for blocking the transport of bads through arcs in the network. The bads carried to the target ca...

We employ concepts from graph theory and cooperative game theory to reconstruct Granovetter’s famous thesis concerning ‘the strength of weak ties’. In contrast to existing formal models related to this thesis, our approach captures the mechanisms Granovetter invokes in the derivation of his thesis. Notably, our model allows for an analytical distinction between the strength of ties and the valu...

Abstract Standard approaches to model interaction networks are limited in their capacity describe the nuances of real communication. We present a game theoretical framework quantify effect intermediaries on between agents. Inspired by seminal work Myerson (1977). cooperative structures games, we set basis for multidimensional network analysis within theory. More specifically, an extension point...

The present paper addresses an effective cyber defense model by applying information fusion based game theoretical approaches‎. ‎In the present paper, we are trying to improve previous models by applying stochastic optimal control and robust optimization techniques‎. ‎Jump processes are applied to model different and complex situations in cyber games‎. ‎Applying jump processes we propose some m...

Global communication networks like the Internet often lack a central authority that monitors and regulates network traffic. Mostly even cooperation among network users is not possible. Network users may behave selfishly according to their private interest without regard to the overall system performance. Such highly complex environments prompted a paradigm shift in computer science. Whereas tra...