Potential Game Theory

This book offers a thorough examination of potential game theory and its applications in radio resource management for wireless communications systems and networking.
The book addresses two major research goals: how to identify a given game as a potential game, and how to design the utility functions and the potential functions with certain special properties in order to formulate a potential game. After proposing a unifying mathematical framework for the identification of potential games, the text surveys existing applications of this technique within wireless communications and networking problems found in OFDMA 3G/4G/WiFi networks, as well as next-generation systems such as cognitive radios and dynamic spectrum access networks.
Professionals interested in understanding the theoretical aspect of this specialized field will find Potential Game Theory a valuable resource, as will advanced-level engineering students. It paves the way for extensive and rigorous research exploration on a topic whose capacity for practical applications is vast but not yet fully exploited.

Examines the techniques of potential games and their significant role in radio resource management Introduces novel properties and useful results in the methodologies for identification and formulation of potential games Surveys applications of potential games to existing systems such as OFDMA 3G/4G/WiFi networks and next-generation systems including cognitive radios and dynamic spectrum access networks Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
An Introduction to Game Theory.- Potential Games.- Frequency Assignment in Distributed OFDMA-based Systems using Potential Games.- Potential Games Approach to Downlink Multi-cell OFDMA Networks.- Other Applications of Potential Games in Communications and Networking.