In this paper, we propose a game-theoretic solution to the problem of distributed resource allocation in emerging horizontal dynamic cloud federation (HDCF) platform. It differs from the existing vertical supply chain federation (VSCF) models in terms of establishing federation and dynamic pricing. We study two resource allocation games non cooperative and cooperative games to analyze interacti...

Cooperative games under combinatorial restrictions are cooperative games in which the players have restricted communication possibilities, which are defined by a combinatorial structure. The first model in which the restrictions are defined by the connected subgraphs of a graph is introduced by Myerson [4]. Since then, many other situations where players have communication restrictions have bee...

Why cooperation is well developed in human society is an unsolved question in biological and human sciences. Vast studies in game theory have revealed that in non-cooperative games selfish behavior generally dominates over cooperation and cooperation can be evolved only under very limited conditions. These studies ask the origin of cooperation; whether cooperation can evolve in a group of selfi...