Overlapping Coalition Formation Games in Wireless Communication Networks

by Walid Saad, Tianyu Wang, Lingyang Song, et al.

This brief introduces overlapping coalition formation games (OCF games), a novel mathematical framework from cooperative game theory that can be used to model, design and analyze cooperative scenarios in future wireless communication networks. The concepts of OCF games are explained, and several algorithmic aspects are studied. In addition, several major application scenarios are discussed. These applications are drawn from a variety of fields that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331925698X
• ISBN13: 9783319256986
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 67 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"