Game theory has become an essential tool in the analysis of supply chains with multiple agents, often with conflicting objectives. This chapter surveys the applications of game theory to supply chain analysis and outlines game-theoretic concepts that have potential for future application. We discuss both non-cooperative and cooperative game theory in static and dynamic settings. Careful attenti...

In this paper we formulate the static load balancing problem in single class job distributed systems as a cooperative game among computers. It is shown that the Nash Bargaining Solution (NBS) provides a Pareto optimal allocation which is also fair to all jobs. We propose a cooperative load balancing game and present the structure of the NBS. For this game an algorithm for computing NBS is deriv...

Many studies have been conducted to determine the efficiency of two-stage network structures in the recent years. The two-stage network with additional inputs to the second stage, in which the second stage is independent of the first stage are one of these structures. Thus, there is a need for a model capable of calculating the efficiency of two-stage structures as well as efficiency of each st...

We adapt an evolutionary model based on indirect reciprocity to the context of a structured population. We investigate the influence of clustering on the dynamics of cooperation in social networks exhibiting short average path length and various levels of locality. We show empirically how, as expected, a higher degree of locality, measured by clustering, can promote cooperation in a game involv...

Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) aim to increase messages delivery ratio in environments where it is not possible to establish an end-to-end connection. Although the research of new DTN routing protocols has been gaining some relevance, those protocols usually assume that nodes in a network will collaborate. Nodes can behave selfishly, leading to the inappropriate use of resources, following up t...