Title
Strategic Formation of Heterogeneous Networks.
Abstract
We establish a network formation game for the Internet’s autonomous system (AS) interconnection topology. The game includes different types of players, accounting for the heterogeneity of ASs in the Internet. In this game, the utility of a player depends on the network structure, e.g., the distances between nodes and the cost of links. Our model is versatile and can accommodate various configurations: whether monetary transfers are allowed, whether survivability requirements are imposed or not, and if so, whether failures are frequent or rare. We analyze static properties of the game as well as its dynamic evolution. We provide a dynamic analysis of topological quantities, and explain the prevalence of some “network motifs” in the Internet connectivity graph. We assess our predictions with real-world data.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/JSAC.2017.2672339
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Game theory,Internet,Cost function,Topology,Reliability theory,Multi-agent systems,Complex networks
Journal
abs/1604.08179
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0733-8716
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eli A. Meirom1254.37
Shie Mannor23340285.45
Ariel Orda32595351.94