We study a natural network creation game, in which each node locally tries to minimize its local diameter or its local average distance to other nodes, by swapping one incident ed...
Noga Alon, Erik D. Demaine, MohammadTaghi Hajiagha...
We introduce a new solution concept for games, near-strong equilibrium, a variation of strong equilibrium. Previous work has shown the existence of 2-strong pure strategy equilibr...
We analyze the structure of equilibria and the price of anarchy in the family of network creation games considered extensively in the past few years, which attempt to unify the net...
Erik D. Demaine, MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi, Hamid M...
We introduce a novel game that models the creation of Internet-like networks by selfish node-agents without central design or coordination. Nodes pay for the links that they esta...
Alex Fabrikant, Ankur Luthra, Elitza N. Maneva, Ch...
Background: BLAST is one of the most common and useful tools for Genetic Research. This paper describes a software application we have termed Windows .NET Distributed Basic Local ...
Scot E. Dowd, Joaquin Zaragoza, Javier R. Rodrigue...