This paper introduces a market-inspired meta-heuristic named the Market Game Optimization Algorithm (MGOA), which models the symmetric competitive interactions between merchants and customers. MGOA simulates the dual dynamics of attraction and collab...
The aim of the paper is to examine the notion of simple Kantian equilibrium in
In an m-person symmetric game, all players are identical and indistinguishable. In this paper, we find that the payoff tensor of the player k in an m-person symmetric game is k-mode symmetric, and the payoff tensors of two different individuals are t...
The Minority Game (MG) is a paradigmatic model in econophysics, widely used to study inductive reasoning and self-organization in multi-agent systems. Traditionally, coordinated phases in the MG are associated with spontaneous symmetry breaking, wher...
Due to the rocketing development of the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), the growth of computing-intensive and latency-sensitive applications brings a challenge to individual vehicles with limited computing resources. The computation offloading technology...
Coalition formation is often analysed in an almost non-cooperative way, as a two-stage game that consists of a first stage comprising membership actions and a second stage with physical actions, such as the provision of a public good. We formalised t...
In symmetric games with externalities across coalitions, we investigate how three players form coalitions using two solutions:
The shipping industry, a cornerstone of global trade, faces emissions reduction challenges amid tightening environmental policies. Blockchain technology, leveraging distributed symmetric architectures, enhances supply chain transparency by reducing i...
Modern energy internets and large-scale industrial systems are becoming increasingly complex. Consequently, the rapid response capability of energy infrastructure during sudden failures has become a core element to ensure the stable operation of the...
In many post-stroke cases, patients show dysfunctions in movement, cognition, sense, and language, depending on the damaged area of the brain. Active and repetitive physical rehabilitation centered on the stroke-affected side is essential for effecti...
This paper presents a theoretically grounded integration of deterministic Q-learning with relational game theory (QLRG) for efficiently identifying minimal winning coalitions in Online Social Networks (OSNs). We address the fundamental challenge that...
This paper is concerned with a type of time-symmetric stochastic system, namely the so-called forward–backward doubly stochastic differential equations (FBDSDEs), in which the forward equations are delayed doubly stochastic differential equatio...
A cooperative game represents a situation in which a set of agents form coalitions in order to achieve a common good. To allocate the benefits of the result of this cooperation there exist several values such as the Shapley value or the Banzhaf value...
With the rapid development of data technologies, the high privacy sensitivity of big data in healthcare imposes higher demands on its security supervision. This paper analyzes the interactive dynamics between the behaviors of regulators and regulated...
This paper develops a two-country model of intra-industry trade with trade costs that can be reduced by public investment in an international infrastructure capital, the stock of which accumulates over time. Depending on the trade costs and internati...
Cryptography is the mathematical core of information security. It serves both as a source of hard computational problems and as precise language allowing for the formalization of sound security models. While dealing with the mathematical foundations...
We explore how an incremental change in complexity of strategies (“an inch of memory”) in repeated interactions influences the sets of Nash equilibrium (NE) strategy and payoff profiles. For this, we introduce the two most basic setups of repeated ga...
Prisoner’s Dilemma, Chicken, Stag Hunts, and other two-person two-move (2 × 2) models of strategic situations have played a central role in the development of game theory. The Robinson–Goforth topology of payoff swaps reveals a natural order in the...
In recent years, the enhancement in technology has been envisioning for people to complete tasks in an easier way. Every manufacturing industry requires heavy machinery to accomplish tasks in a symmetric and systematic way, which is much easier with...
The outcome of many social and economic interactions, such as stock-market transactions, is strongly determined by the predictions that agents make about the behavior of other individuals. Cognitive hierarchy theory provides a framework to model the...
This paper studies a repeated play of a family of games by resource-constrained players. To economize on reasoning resources, the family of games is partitioned into subsets of games which players do not distinguish. An example is constructed to show...
In two-action generalized polymatrix games, Nash equilibria are support-type-symmetric, i.e., determined by supports for each type of player. We show that such a property does not generalize straightforwardly for games with at least three actions or...
This study explores the impact of symmetric and asymmetric channel power structures on green design decisions in supply chains, incorporating consumer environmental awareness (CEA). We develop a game-theoretic framework involving a manufacturer and a...
This paper presents a simple adaptive model of demand adjustment in cooperative games and analyzes this model in weighted majority games. In the model, a randomly chosen player sets her demand to the highest possible value subject to the demands of o...
In bimatrix games with symmetric triangular fuzzy payoffs, our work defines an (α, β)-risk aversion Nash equilibrium ((α, β)-RANE) and presents its sufficient and necessary condition. Our work also discusses the relationships be...
In this article, we analyze the stability of couples on the marriage market. Recent developments in cooperative game theory allow a new model that uses team games which make it possible to model the marriage market. Coalition structures can model cou...
Sustainability issues in supply chains have received increasingly significant concern. Facing incentives such as environmental tax and consumer environmental awareness, firms and even retailers have started to make sustainability investments. To eval...
The game market is an increasingly large industry. The board-game market, which is the most traditional in the game market, continues to show a steady growth. It is very important for both publishers and players to predict the propensity of users in...
A simple expression is derived for the optimal strategy in the minimum effort game. This maps from player beliefs to an optimal effort level. From this expression the set of Nash equilibria in the game is fully characterized. All Nash equilibria are...
In this study, interface designs of a VR 3D-simulated Rubik’s Cube game were developed and evaluated. A 2 × 2 × 2 mixed-design ANOVA was executed, with age (younger adult/older adult), interface (arrow/intuitive), and task complexit...
This paper examines the subgame-perfect equilibria in symmetric
In this paper, first, an evolutionary game model for Bayes-based strategy updating rules was constructed, in which players can only observe a signal that reveals a strategy type instead of the strategy type directly, which deviates from the strategy...
A stochastic difference game is considered in which a player wants to minimize the time spent by a controlled one-dimensional symmetric random walk
The game of life (GL), a type of two-dimensional cellular automaton, has been the subject of many studies because of its simple mechanism and complex behavior. In particular, the construction of logic circuits using the GL has helped to extend the co...
The paper analyzes a two-stage oligopoly game of semi-collusion in production described by a system with a symmetric structure. We examine the local stability of a Nash equilibrium and the presence of bifurcations. We discover that the model is capab...
We built and investigated analytically and numerically a differential game model of Cournot oligopoly with consideration of pollution for the general case and the case of symmetrical agents. We conducted a comparative analysis of selfish agents&rsquo...
We report experimental results on the minority of three-game, where three players choose one of two alternatives and the most rewarding alternative is the one chosen by a single player. This coordination game has many asymmetric equilibria in pure st...
False data injection attacks are executed in the electricity markets of smart grid systems for financial benefits. The attackers can maximize their profits through modifying the estimated transmission power and changing the prices of market electrici...
This paper proposes a new methodology to solve multiobjective optimization problems by invoking genetic algorithms and the concept of the Shapley values of cooperative games. It is well known that the Pareto-optimal solutions of multiobjective optimi...
We formulate and study a nonlinear game of n symmetric countries that produce, pollute, and spend part of their revenue on pollution mitigation and environmental adaptation. The optimal emission, adaptation, and mitigation investments are analyzed in...
With the emergence of new internet traffic types in modern transport networks, it has become critical for service providers to understand the structure of that traffic and predict peaks of that load for planning infrastructure expansion. Several stud...
We study the efficient computation of power indices for weighted voting games with precoalitions amongst subsets of players (reflecting, e.g., ideological proximity) using the paradigm of dynamic programming. Starting from the state-of-the-art algori...
This paper studies firms’ dynamic interaction in a Cournot market. In each period of the game, the firm decides whether to make a stochastic positioning investment (establishing or maintaining its position in market competition). The market demand is...
This paper investigates the problem of contract coordination in a two-tier multi-unit auction supply chain consisting of a seller and an auction house. We theoretically show that the conventional commission-based mechanism distorts the transmission o...
In this paper, the matrix game based on triangular intuitionistic fuzzy payoff is put forward. Then, we get a conclusion that the equilibrium solution of this game model is equivalent to the solution of a pair of the primal–dual single objectiv...
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Because both pollution emissions and production policies often are international in scope, it is necessary to find optimal coordination strategies for international production planning and pollution abating. Differential game models are developed for...
Occlusion over ear surfaces results in performance degradation of ear registration and recognition systems. In this paper, we propose an occlusion-resistant three-dimensional (3D) ear recognition system consisting of four primary components: (1) an e...
This study provides a symmetrical, cross-genre comparison of human expertise transfer and “blind” artificial intelligence (AI) performance in audio-only gaming environments. Although previous research has focused on human performance in a...
It has recently become imperative to analyze relevant issues to improve the efficiency of resource allocation by means of different perspectives and ways of thinking. There exist numerous decisive factors, such as changes in forms of allocation, reac...
In long-range sequential orbital pursuit-evasion game scenarios, traditional Nash equilibrium algorithms rely on symmetric simultaneous decision-making assumptions. Such algorithms fail to fully exploit the sequential advantages of the leader-followe...
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