Networking Games: Network Forming Games and Games on Networks

Networking Games: Network Forming Games and Games on Networks applies game theory methods to network analyses. Its concentration on rigorous mathematical techniques distinguishes it from other books on game theory. Developed by a mathematician and game theorist with extensive contributions to applied mathematics, game and probability theory, and written for graduate students and professionals, the book's illuminations on network games can be applied to problems in economics (in industrial organization, regulation and competition policy, for instance) and operations research.

Reviews new directions in networking games, including paradoxes and puzzles designed to inspire competing answers and further investigationAddresses the need of theorists and those applying advanced game theory to problems in various disciplinesEvaluates a wide spectrum of game-theoretical models, including routing, distribution of information resources, task management in the organization of computing, social networks, competition and cooperation in transport networks, tasks of pricing, and allocation of resources in the transport services market

1. Nash Equilibrium 2. Congestion Games 3. Routing Games 4. The Load Balancing Game 5. The Cover Game 6. Networks and Graphs 7. Social Networks 8. Games on Transport Networks 9. Models of the Transport Services Market 10. Games with Flows of Requests in the Queuing System