Distributed algorithms for nash equilibria of flow control games

Tansu Alpcan, Tamer Başar

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Abstract

We develop a mathematical model within a game theoretical framework to capture the flow control problem for variable rate traffic at a bottleneck node. In this context, we also address various issues such as pricing and allocation of a single resource among a given number of users. We obtain a distributed, end-to-end flow control using cost functions defined as the difference between particular pricing and utility functions. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a Nash equilibrium for two different utility functions. The paper also discusses three distributed update algorithms, parallel, random and gradient update, which are shown to be globally stable under explicitly derived conditions. The convergence properties and robustness of each algorithm are studied through extensive simulations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAnnals of the International Society of Dynamic Games
PublisherBirkhäuser
Pages473-498
Number of pages26
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

Publication series

NameAnnals of the International Society of Dynamic Games
Volume7
ISSN (Print)2474-0179
ISSN (Electronic)2474-0187

Keywords

  • Cost function
  • Linear utility
  • Nash equilibrium
  • Reaction function
  • Utility function

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
  • Applied Mathematics

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