In multiagent domains, agents form coalitions to perform tasks. The usual models of cooperative game theory assume that the desired outcome is either the grand coalition or a coalition structure that consists of disjoint coalitions (i.e., a partition of the set of agents). However, in practice an agent may be involved in executing more than one task, and distributing his resources between sever...

This is a framework for resource allocation in a heterogeneous system composed of various access networks, for instance Third Generation wireless networks (3G) and WLAN, in the presence of multimedia traffic, namely voice and data. Our aim is to present a game theoretical modeling of routing and loadbalancing strategies along with admission control and pricing in cooperative and non-cooperative...

There are many studies about negotiation procedures for contract problems in supply chains. Several recent papers have considered a new procedure repurchase problem chain consisting of manufacturer and retailer. There, usually, some wholesalers between Therefore, including addition to retailer should be considered. In this study, we call the which three or more members arranged series tandem ch...

A coupling game is a new model for partly cooperative and partly non-cooperative games. This paper describes benefits that result when coupling rational cooperation, under some situations, is increased. We prove that if a coupling game is strictly rational and partly cooperative, the higher the coupling factors, the larger the social payoff, which is the sum of the payoffs of all players. Other...

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...