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Cooperative Game Theory: A New Frontier for Agent Researchers by Makoto Yokoo
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11:00:00 AM on 3/10/2011
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GFS 101
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Speaker: Dr. Makoto Yokoo, Kyushu University
Host: Prof. Milind Tambe, USC
Abstract:
Cooperative game theory deals with how (selfish) agents can create a coalition and divide the gain of the coalition among them, when agents can negotiate before taking their actions. This research topic has 60-year tradition (started by von Neumann), and various solution concepts (e.g. core, Shapley value) that describe how to determine the value division have been developed. Furthermore, the growth of In...read more at event URL-
http://www.cs.usc.edu/calendar/csevent.asp?Event_ID=1171
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Randomization and Computation in Strategic Settings by Shaddin Dughmi, Stanford University (Faculty Candidate)
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3:30:00 PM on 3/10/2011
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SSL 150
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Speaker: Shaddin Dughmi, Stanford University
Host: Prof. David Kempe, USC
Abstract:
In resource allocation problems, a centralized agency allocates resources to
recipients: an Internet Service Provider allocates bandwidth to consumers; the Federal Communications Commission auctions radio spectra to telecommunications companies; and a content distribution company designs an overlay network to satisfy its customers' routing needs. Often, the agency's goal is to find an allocation that ma...read more at event URL-
http://www.cs.usc.edu/calendar/csevent.asp?Event_ID=1194
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