Overlapping Coalition Formation Games in Wireless Communication Networks

• Main Authors: Wang, Tianyu (Author), Song, Lingyang (Author), Saad, Walid (Author), Han, Zhu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Game theory.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Computer Communication Networks.

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 alg...