An Analysis of Incentives for Network Infrastructure Investment Under Different Pricing Strategies
Information Systems Research
Short communication: Network iso-elasticity and weighted α-fairness
Performance Evaluation
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We consider congestion pricing as a mechanism for sharing bandwidth in communication networks, and model the interaction among the users as a game. We propose a decentralized algorithm for the users that is based on the history of the price process, where user response to congestion prices is analogous to “fictitious play” in game theory, and show that this results in convergence to the unique Wardrop equilibrium. We further show that the Wardrop equilibrium coincides with the welfare-maximizing capacity allocation.