4 papers
Multiagent Maximum Coverage Problems: The Trade-off Between Anarchy and Stability
Vinod Ramaswamy, Dario Paccagnan, Jason R. Marden
The price of anarchy and price of stability are three well-studied performance metrics that seek to characterize the inefficiency of equilibria in distributed systems. The distinct…
A Signaling Game Approach to Databases Querying and Interaction
Ben McCamish, Vahid Ghadakchi, Arash Termehchy +1
As most users do not precisely know the structure and/or the content of databases, their queries do not exactly reflect their information needs. The database management systems (DB…
A Mean Field Game Approach to Scheduling in Cellular Systems
Mayank Manjrekar, Vinod Ramaswamy, Vamseedhar Reddyvari Raja +1
We study auction-theoretic scheduling in cellular networks using the idea of mean field equilibrium (MFE). Here, agents model their opponents through a distribution over their acti…
Incentives for P2P-Assisted Content Distribution: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
Vinod Ramaswamy, Sachin Adlakha, Srinivas Shakkottai +1
The rapid growth of content distribution on the Internet has brought with it proportional increases in the costs of distributing content. Adding to distribution costs is the fact t…