Abstract— A common assumption in the network coding literature is that the users are cooperative and will not pursue their own interests. However, this assumption can be violated...
Amir Hamed Mohsenian Rad, Jianwei Huang, Vincent W...
The classical approach to using utility functions suffers from the drawback of having to design and tweak the functions on a case by case basis. Inspired by examples from the anim...
Alexander S. Klyubin, Daniel Polani, Chrystopher L...
Microeconomics offer a far developed theory on the subject of rational choice. This theory is applied to a multi-agent system, which has been modeled in order to establish schedul...
Abstract—Cognitive Radio Networks aim at enhancing spectrum utilization by allowing cognitive devices to opportunistically access vast portions of the spectrum. To reach such amb...
— This paper analyzes a communication network with heterogeneous customers. We investigate priority queueing as a way to differentiate between these users. Customers join the net...