{"product_id":"coping-with-selfishness-in-congestion-games-analysis-and-design-via-lp-duality-9783031302602","title":"Coping with Selfishness in Congestion Games: Analysis and Design Via LP Duality","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vittorio Bilò\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Computer Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCongestion games constitute perhaps the most significant class of non-cooperative games because of their effectiveness in modeling several real scenarios. Since the advent of algorithmic game theory, characterizing the inefficiency of selfish behavior in these games, as well as defining good strategies to reduce it (in the same spirit of approximation and online algorithms' design), have stood as fundamental challenges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique volume shows how these challenges can be addressed productively via linear programming and duality theory. In particular, the volume: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures the efficiency of selfish behavior in several classes of congestion games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how this efficiency changes when considering different solution concepts, different types of latency functions (from linear and polynomial, to very general ones) and different combinatorial properties of the players' strategies (e.g., singleton strategies)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers the analysis and design of efficient online algorithms for machine scheduling and load balancing problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUtilises taxation mechanisms and Stackelberg\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003estrategies to improve the efficiency of selfish behavior, revealing that the performance of the proposed mechanisms is best possible within the considered category\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormulates results based on the application of the primal-dual method--a powerful tool suited to prove good bounds on the performance guarantee of self-emerging solutions in congestion games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is suitable for PhD (or master's degree) students and researchers working in algorithmic game theory. In particular, it may serve as reference guide for those interested in deepening their knowledge on the fascinating field of the \u003ci\u003eprice of anarchy in congestion games \u003c\/i\u003eand related topics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVittorio Bilò \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Physics \"Ennio De Giorgi\" in University of Salento (Lecce, Italy). \u003cb\u003eCosimo Vinci \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics in University of Salerno (Fisciano, Italy).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45277516431511,"sku":"9783031302602","price":12486.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783031302602.webp?v=1769288604","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/coping-with-selfishness-in-congestion-games-analysis-and-design-via-lp-duality-9783031302602","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}