Potential-Based Analysis of Social, Communication, and Distributed Networks

• Main Author: Etesami, Seyed Rasoul (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Algorithms.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.; Mathematics of Algorithmic Complexity.

This work makes major contributions to the thriving area of social, communication, and distributed networks by introducing novel methodologies and tools toward the study of the evolutionary behaviors of these networks, as well as their computational complexity and rates of convergence. By departing...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Notation and Mathematical Preliminaries
• Unbiased Quantized Consensus
• Metropolis Quantized Consensus
• Hegselmann-Krause Opinion Dynamics in Finite Dimensions
• Capacitated Selfish Replication Game
• Diffusion Games Over Social Networks
• Conclusions and Directions for Future Research.