Cores of cooperative games are ubiquitous in information theory and arise most frequently in the characterization of fundamental limits in various scenarios involving multiple users. Examples include classical settings in network information theory such as Slepian-Wolf source coding and multiple access channels, classical settings in statistics such as robust hypothesis testing, and new setting...

We consider the relationships between the collective preference and noncooperative game theory approaches to positive political theory. In particular, we show that an apparently decisive difference between the two approaches— that in sufficiently complex environments (e.g. high-dimensional choice spaces) direct preference aggregation models are incapable of generating any prediction at all, whe...

Due to the expansion of container port facilities and many market suppliers, competition among container terminals (CTs) is at the level of threatening the management income and expenditure of port management companies. This paper develops a noncooperative game model and a cooperative game model which involve four CTs located in North Port and two terminals in New port of Busan, Republic of Kor...

In this paper we attempt to introduce dynamics into the theory of cooperative games. A solution of the game is reached through an allocation process. At each stage of the allocation process of a cooperative game a budget of fixed size is distributed among the players. In the first part of this note we study a type of process that, at any stage, endows the budget to a player whose contribution t...

Game theory is the study of decision making in an interactive environment. Coalitional games fulfill the promise of group efficient solutions to problems involving strategic actions. Formulation of optimal player behavior is a fundamental element in this theory. This paper comprises a self-instructive didactic means to study basics of coalitional games indicating how coalitional game theory too...

Evolutionary arguments in non-cooperative game theory are becoming more and more important to justify or refine equilibrium concepts. In cooperative game theory they are rare but growing in number. This paper discusses various approaches, in particular their usefulness and relevance for real world voting games. As the existing approaches turn out to fail to provide any empirically relevant insi...

Game theory is a tool for the analysis of the interaction among usually rational agents, the formulation of hypotheses about their behaviour and the prediction of the results of each interaction. From this standpoint it is very suitable for the analysis of environmental problems and for the definition of self-enforcing environmental agreements that are founded on cooperation and stability. With...

Synergistic and cooperative phenomena in catalysis are defined here via a formal classification of the catalytic systems, using the combination of game theory and hyperstructure theory. Game theory is based on the idea that players are rational decision-makers; therefore, making a transposition is reported as rational, the chemical choice. Three catalytic reactions are considered as characteris...

This work deals with subsidy transfer from a manufacturer to a retailer through the distributor in cooperative advertising. While the retailer engages in local advertising, the manufacturer indirectly participates in retail advertising using advertising subsidy which is given to the distributor, who in turn transfers it to the retailer. The manufacturer is the Stackelberg game leader; the distr...

This paper investigates three models to implement Tradable Green Certificates (TGC) system with aid of game theory approach. In particular, the competition between thermal and renewable power plants is formulated in three models: namely cooperative, Nash and Stackelberg game models. The price of TGC is assumed to be determined by the legislative body (government) which is fixed. Numerical examp...