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Alliance Mechanisms in General Lotto Games
Vade Shah, Jason R. Marden
How do different alliance mechanisms compare? In this work, we analyze various methods of forming an alliance in the Coalitional General Lotto game, a simple model of competitive r…
Playing with Peaks: A Game-Theoretic Comparison of Electricity Pricing Mechanisms
Vade Shah, Jason R. Marden
As electricity consumption grows, reducing peak demand--the maximum load on the grid--has become critical for preventing infrastructure strain and blackouts. Pricing mechanisms tha…
Trial-and-Error Learning in Decentralized Matching Markets
Vade Shah, Bryce L. Ferguson, Jason R. Marden
Two-sided matching markets, environments in which two disjoint groups of agents seek to partner with one another, arise in several contexts. In static, centralized markets where ag…
Learning Optimal Stable Matches in Decentralized Markets with Unknown Preferences
Vade Shah, Bryce L. Ferguson, Jason R. Marden
Matching algorithms have demonstrated great success in several practical applications, but they often require centralized coordination and plentiful information. In many modern onl…
Battlefield Transfers in Coalitional Blotto Games
Vade Shah, Jason R. Marden
In competitive resource allocation environments, agents often choose to form alliances; however, for some agents, doing so may not always be beneficial. Is there a method of formin…
Inefficient Alliance Formation in Coalitional Blotto Games
Vade Shah, Keith Paarporn, Jason R. Marden
When multiple agents are engaged in a network of conflict, some can advance their competitive positions by forming alliances with each other. However, the costs associated with est…