In multi-hop cellular networks, the mobile nodes usually relay others’ packets for enhancing the network performance and deployment. However, selfish nodes usually do not cooperate but make use of the cooperative nodes to relay their packets, which has a negative effect on the network fairness and performance. In this paper, we propose a fair and efficient incentive mechanism to stimulate the n...

3 Incentive Based Method 7 3.1 Mechanism Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2 Truthful Mechanism Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.3 VCG Based Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.4 Network Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.5 Unicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

In multi-hop cellular networks, the mobile nodes usually relay others’ packets for enhancing the network performance and deployment. However, selfish nodes usually do not cooperate but make use of the cooperative nodes to relay their packets, which has a negative effect on the network fairness and performance. In this paper, we propose a fair and efficient incentive mechanism to stimulate the n...

This paper explores whether Big Data, taking the form of extensive but high dimensional records, can reduce the cost of adverse selection in government-run capitation schemes. We argue that using data to improve the ex ante precision of capitation regressions is unlikely to be helpful. Even if types become essentially observable, the high dimensionality of covariates makes it infeasible to prec...

Haque, Samiul. Ph.D., Purdue University, December 2014. US Commodity Support Payments: On Allocation of Resources and Fairness, Post 1996. Major Professor: Kenneth Foster This dissertation investigates the effect of US commodity support payment on agricultural producer decisions during the “decoupled” regime. Particular attention is paid to the national optimal output mix, input proportions, an...

Charging mechanisms are needed to protect an integrated services network from arbitrary resource reservations and to create a funding mechanism to extend network capacity at the most desired locations at the expense of those users that actually use these resources. In this paper, we describe a charging model that can be embedded in the RSVP architecture. Our model is open and flexible in that i...

BACKGROUND In the absence of functional social security mechanisms for elderly people in Nigeria, elderly households are solely responsible for geriatric healthcare costs, which can lead to catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) - particularly among the poor. This study investigates the key determinants of CHE among poorly insured elderly households in Nigeria. We also offer some policy options...

Location efficient mortgages (LEM) programs are an increasingly popular approach to combating urban sprawl. LEMs allow families who want to live in densely-populated, transit-rich communities to obtain larger mortgages with smaller downpayments than traditional underwriting guidelines allow. LEMs are premised on the proposition that homeowners in such “location efficient” areas can safely be al...

BACKGROUND NHS general practice payments in England include pay for performance elements and a weighted component designed to compensate for workload, but without measures of specific deprivation or ethnic groups. AIM To determine whether population factors related to health needs predicted variations in NHS payments to individual general practices in England. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-secti...

OBJECTIVES Community-based health insurance (CBI) is a common mechanism to generate financial resources for health care in developing countries. We review for the first time provider payment methods used in CBI in developing countries and their impact on CBI performance. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of the literature on provider payment methods used by CBI in developing countries ...