Game theory is a tool for the analysis of the interaction among usually rational agents, the formulation of hypotheses about their behaviour and the prediction of the results of each interaction. From this standpoint it is very suitable for the analysis of environmental problems and for the definition of self-enforcing environmental agreements that are founded on cooperation and stability. With...

This chapter presents a mechanism for cooperative video transmission based on game theory for heterogeneous devices during broadcasting. Broadcasting is a multipoint delivery of transmission that sends data from a source to multiple destinations. The terminal is involved in cooperative transmission when the station broadcasts video data. To enhance performance, the heterogeneity and forwarding ...

With the explosive growth of wireless networking techniques in the last decade, connecting to the world from any place, at any time and for any body is no longer just a dream. New concepts of network infrastructures such as mobile ad hoc networks or dynamic spectrum access networks emerged in recent years to provide more flexible wireless networking, efficient spectrum usage and robust network ...

A game-theoretic approach based on the framework of transferable-utility cooperative games is developed to assess reliability transfer nodes in public transportation networks case stochastic times. game defined, whose model takes into account system, travel times, transfers and associated users’ demand. The stops are modeled as players such a game, Shapley value – solution concept theory used i...

A game on a convex geometry was introduced by Bilbao as a model of partial cooperation. We investigate some properties of the core of a game on a convex geometry. First, we show that if a game is quasi-convex, then the core is stable. This result can be seen as an extension of a result by Shapley for traditional cooperative games. Secondly, we show the core on the class of balanced games on a c...

Spectrum sharing in cognitive radio networks is essential to ensure effective communication between secondary users. Game theory is suitable to be applied to the spectrum sharing strategies since it considers strategic interactions between users. There are two types of games based on the ability to communicate between users: cooperative game and non-cooperative game. In this paper, the two spec...

Cognitive Radio provides enhanced wireless communication performance through context-aware sensing and adaptation. Cooperative relay enhances network connection quality and improved system throughput. Applying cooperative relay communication technique on Cognitive Radio networks enables Cognitive Radio to opportunistically exploit cooperation between network nodes. This integrated design that b...

In 1996, at a summer “science camp” I gave a talk on the topic of the use of the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” game, in a context of repetition and evolution of strategies, by theoretical biologists who were interested in studying the natural evolution of cooperative adaptations. And after giving the talk I thought more about the concept of studying a game by studying it as a repeated game and through t...

We present a self-adaptation mechanism for Network Intrusion Detection System which uses a game-theoretical mechanism to increase system robustness against targeted attacks on IDS adaptation. We model the adaptation process as a strategy selection in sequence of single stage, two player games. The key innovation of our approach is a secure runtime game definition and numerical solution and real...