Game Theory for Networks

1. Front Matter

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2. Session A1: Mechanism Design

   1. Mechanism Design with Limited Information: The Case of Nonlinear Pricing

      • Dirk Bergemann, Ji Shen, Yun Xu, Edmund M. Yeh

      Pages 1-10

   2. Hierarchical Auctions for Network Resource Allocation

      • Wenyuan Tang, Rahul Jain

      Pages 11-26

   3. Local Public Good Provision in Networks: A Nash Implementation Mechanism

      • Shrutivandana Sharma, Demosthenis Teneketzis

      Pages 27-42

3. Session A2: Physical Layer Games

   1. Channel Assignment on Wireless Mesh Network Backbone with Potential Game Approach

      • Pedro B. F. Duarte, Zubair Md. Fadlullah, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Nei Kato

      Pages 43-56

   2. Game Based Self-Organizing Scheme for Femtocell Networks

      • Kwanghun Han, Seunghyun Choi, Du Ho Kang, Sunghyun Choi

      Pages 57-75

   3. Additively Coupled Sum Constrained Games

      • Yi Su, Mihaela van der Schaar

      Pages 76-91

4. Session B1: Network Neutrality and Regulation

   1. Technology Choices and Pricing Policies in Wireless Networks

      • Yuanzhang Xiao, William R. Zame, Mihaela van der Schaar

      Pages 92-107

   2. Network Regulations and Market Entry

      • Galina Schwartz, John Musacchio, Mark Felegyhazi, Jean C. Walrand

      Pages 108-123

   3. Bandwidth Exchange for Fair Secondary Coexistence in TV White Space

      • Dan Zhang, Narayan Mandayam

      Pages 124-136

   4. Net Neutrality and Quality of Service

      • Eitan Altman, Julio Rojas, Sulan Wong, Manjesh Kumar Hanawal, Yuedong Xu

      Pages 137-152

5. Session B2: Network Mechanisms

   1. The Sharing-Mart System: Digital Content Sharing, Online Auctions, and Incentives

      • Christopher Leberknight, Ranjan Pal, Mung Chiang, Harold Vincent Poor

      Pages 153-168

   2. Selfish Random Access: Equilibrium Conditions and Best-Response Learning

      • Hazer Inaltekin, Mung Chiang, Harold Vincent Poor

      Pages 169-181

   3. Multi-portfolio Optimization: A Potential Game Approach

      • Yang Yang, Francisco Rubio, Gesualdo Scutari, Daniel Palomar

      Pages 182-189

6. Session C1: Stochastic and Dynamic Games

   1. Analyzing the Dynamics of Evolutionary Prisoner’s Dilemma on Structured Networks

      • Ahmet Yasin Yazicioglu, Xiaoli Ma, Yucel Altunbasak

      Pages 190-204

   2. Spatio-temporal Control for Dynamic Routing Games

      • Manjesh Kumar Hanawal, Eitan Altman, Rachid El-Azouzi, Balakrishna J. Prabhu

      Pages 205-220

   3. Designing Incentive Schemes Based on Intervention: The Case of Imperfect Monitoring

      • Jaeok Park, Mihaela van der Schaar

      Pages 221-232

7. Session C2: Security Games I

   1. How to Choose Communication Links in an Adversarial Environment?

      • Assane Gueye, Jean C. Walrand, Venkat Anantharam

      Pages 233-248

   2. Adversary Games in Secure/Reliable Network Routing

      • Gruia Calinescu, Sanjiv Kapoor, Michael Quinn, Junghwan Shin

      Pages 249-264

   3. A Network Security Classification Game

      • Ning Bao, O. Patrick Kreidl, John Musacchio

      Pages 265-280

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on Game Theory for Networks (GameNets 2011) held in Shanghai, China, April 16-18, 2011. The 45 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from numerous submissions and focus topics such as mechanism design, physical layer games, network mechanisms, stochastic and dynamic games, game-theoretic network models, cooperative games in networks, security games, spectrum sharing games, P2P and social networks and economics of network QoS.

• economics
• mechanism design
• multiple content provider
• network models
• security games
• algorithm analysis and problem complexity

• USC, Los Angeles, USA

  Rahul Jain

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

  Rajgopal Kannan

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