Game Theoretic Problems in Network Economics and Mechanism Design Solutions

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Narahari, Y., Garg, Dinesh (Author), Narayanam, Ramasuri (Author), Prakash, Hastagiri (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
Series:Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents Motivating Problems in Network Economics
  • Foundations of Mechanisms Design
  • Strategic Form Games
  • Dominant Strategy Equilibria
  • Pure Strategy Nash Equilibrium
  • Bayesian Games
  • Social Choice Functions
  • Incentive Compatibility and the Revelation Theorem
  • Properties of Social Choice Functions
  • Bayesian Implementation
  • Revenue Equivalence Theorem
  • Mechanism Design for Sponsored Search Auctions
  • Internet Advertising
  • Sponsored Search Auction
  • Individual Rationality
  • Computational Complexity
  • Mechanism Design for Resource Procurement in Grid Computing
  • The G-DSIC Mechanism
  • The G-BIC Mechanism
  • G-OPT: An Optimal Auction Mechanism
  • Incentive Compatible Broadcast Protocols for Ad hoc Networks with Selfish Nodes
  • Ad hoc Networks with Selfish Nodes
  • Relevant Work on Incentive Compatible Protocols
  • A Dominant Strategy Incentive Compatible Broadcast Protocol
  • A Bayesian Incentive Compatible Broadcast (BIC-B) Protocol
  • Key Applications Areas