NDLI: The Network Game: Analyzing Network-Formation and Interaction Strategies in Tandem

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hartmann, B.-O. Bohm, K. Vogt, B.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Otto-von-Guericke-Univ. Magdeburg, Magdeburg (Vogt, B.) \|\| Univ. Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe (Hartmann, B.-O.; Bohm, K.)
Abstract	In networks, autonomous nodes have action choices along two dimensions: They can forward/process incoming service requests - or not, and they can establish new links and maintain or terminate existing ones. In other words, a node can choose both an action-selection and a link-selection strategy. Nodes in networks are either humans (as in social networks) or agents controlled by humans, so the question how humans forming networks behave is important. Humans behave boundedly rational at times, e.g., game-theoretic predictions do not always hold. This paper investigates the questions whether individuals being nodes in a network find and actually use strategies leading to efficiency (in the economic sense), how exogenous parameters influence behavior, and what are characteristics of the resulting network. We do so by carrying out laboratory experiments with human subjects (120 altogether) who form a network and have those action choices. Our work is different from previous work on P2P systems which lets nodes choose their actions or their links, but not both. Main findings are that link selection increases cooperation and results in optimal payoffs in relative terms. Thus, link selection fosters efficiency.
Starting Page	184
Ending Page	192
File Size	520555
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769534961
DOI	10.1109/WIIAT.2008.22
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-12-09
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Costs Peer to peer computing Social network services Laboratories Humans Intelligent agent Network Formation Network servers Intelligent networks Behavioral Economics Interaction Strategies Economic forecasting Computer networks Link Selection
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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