In a distributed wireless system, such as an ad hoc network, multiple nodes behave cooperatively towards a common goal. For doing so, they make decisions independently and cooperatively such that they benefit the mission of the network. Though such assumptions on cooperation are desirable (e.g., controlling the transmit power level, reducing interference for each other, revealing private inform...

The IEEE 802.22 standard is the first proposed standard for the cognitive radio networks in which a set of base stations (BSs) make opportunistic spectrum access to provide wireless access to the customer-premise equipments (CPE) within their cells in wireless regional area networks (WRAN). The channel assignment and power control must be carried out in BSs and CPEs, such that no excessive inte...

Today due to increasing and evolving of electrical grids, the optimal and profitable energy production is among producers' major concerns. Thus, conventional ways of production and trading energy are being replaced by modern economical procedures. In addition, distributed energy resources (DERs) in form of renewable and conventional resources as well as responsive loads play an important role i...

In this thesis, game theoretic analysis of wireless communication networks has been performed. Game theory provides valuable tools can be used to solve problem of conflict and cooperation in wireless communication networks. Game theoretic tools can be applied to multiple layers of wireless networks. First, we consider power control issues at the physical layer of wireless networks. A game theor...

Cooperative transmission techniques have been proposed in order to improve the system performance in terms of availability, coverage range and throughput. The cooperative techniques and the smart interactions among the network nodes have been proposed in order to enhance the QoS of their connections and the performance of thewhole network. Radio channel and physical communication characteristic...

We use the self-tuning Experience Weighted Attraction model with repeated-game strategies as a computer testbed to examine the relative frequency, speed of convergence and progression of a set of repeated-game strategies in four symmetric 2 × 2 games: Prisoner's Dilemma, Battle of the Sexes, Stag-Hunt, and Chicken. In the Prisoner's Dilemma game, we find that the strategy with the most occurren...

We introduce the notion of Burkill-Cesari (BC) differentiability for transferable utility (TU) games and compare it with some other analogous established notions existing in cooperative game theoretical literature. We also apply our notion to the study of the core of a new class of TU games.

This paper attempts to develop game theoretical models of parents’ decision-making on the consumption of private tutoring (PT). From the individual decision maker’s perspective, investment in PT guarantees a high private rate of return, while from the country’s viewpoint, PT entails a low social rate of return with substantial opportunity and transaction cost. In this respect, Spence’s job mark...