Resource Allocation in Decentralized Systems with Strategic Agents - An Implementation Theory Approach (Paperback, 2013 ed.)

This thesis presents a significant contribution to decentralized resource allocation problems with strategic agents. The study focused on three classes of problems arising in communication networks. (C1). Unicast service provisioning in wired networks. (C2). Multi-rate multicast service provisioning in wired networks. (C3). Power allocation and spectrum sharing in multi-user multi-channel wireless communication systems. Problems in (C1) are market problems; problems in (C2) are a combination of markets and public goods; problems in (C3) are public goods. Dr. Kakhbod developed game forms/mechanisms for unicast and multi-rate multicast service provisioning that possess specific properties. First, the allocations corresponding to all Nash equilibria (NE) of the games induced by the mechanisms are optimal solutions of the corresponding centralized allocation problems, where the objective is the maximization of the sum of the agents' utilities. Second, the strategic agents voluntarily participate in the allocation process. Third, the budget is balanced at the allocations corresponding to all NE of the game induced by the mechanism as well as at all other feasible allocations. For the power allocation and spectrum sharing problem, he developed a game form that possesses the second and third properties as detailed above along with a fourth property: the allocations corresponding to all NE of the game induced by the mechanism are Pareto optimal. The thesis contributes to the state of the art of mechanism design theory. In particular, designing efficient mechanisms for the class of problems that are a combination of markets and public goods, for the first time, have been addressed in this thesis. The exposition, although highly rigorous and technical, is elegant and insightful which makes this thesis work easily accessible to those just entering this field and will also be much appreciated by experts in the field.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Springer Theses
Release date:	June 2015
First published:	2013
Authors:	Ali Kakhbod
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	88
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4899-8614-6
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Computer communications & networking > General Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Communications engineering / telecommunications > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International economic & trade law > General
LSN:	1-4899-8614-6
Barcode:	9781489986146

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