Internet and Network Economics
Volume 5385 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 531-538
Asynchronous Best-Reply Dynamics
- Noam NisanAffiliated withGoogle Tel-Aviv and The School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- , Michael SchapiraAffiliated withThe School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- , Aviv ZoharAffiliated withThe School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Abstract
In many real-world settings (e.g., interdomain routing in the Internet) strategic agents are instructed to follow best-reply dynamics in asynchronous environments. In such settings players learn of each other’s actions via update messages that can be delayed or even lost. In particular, several players might update their actions simultaneously, or make choices based on outdated information. In this paper we analyze the convergence of best- (and better-)reply dynamics in asynchronous environments. We provide sufficient conditions, and necessary conditions for convergence in such settings, and also study the convergence-rate of these natural dynamics.
- Title
- Asynchronous Best-Reply Dynamics
- Book Title
- Internet and Network Economics
- Book Subtitle
- 4th International Workshop, WINE 2008, Shanghai, China, December 17-20, 2008. Proceedings
- Pages
- pp 531-538
- Copyright
- 2008
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-92185-1_59
- Print ISBN
- 978-3-540-92184-4
- Online ISBN
- 978-3-540-92185-1
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Series Volume
- 5385
- Series ISSN
- 0302-9743
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
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- Editors
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- Christos Papadimitriou (1)
- Shuzhong Zhang (2)
- Editor Affiliations
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- 1. Computer Science Division, University of California at Berkeley
- 2. Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
- Authors
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- Noam Nisan (3)
- Michael Schapira (4)
- Aviv Zohar (4)
- Author Affiliations
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- 3. Google Tel-Aviv and The School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- 4. The School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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