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Sameer Pai, Tanya Roosta, Stephen Wicker, Shankar Sastry. "Game Theoretic Modeling of Trust in Networks of Bayesian-Learning Sensors". Unpublished article, 2008.

Abstract
The application of mathematical analysis to the study of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks has met with limited success due to the complexity of mobility, trafc models, the dynamic topology, and the unpredictability of wireless link quality that characterize such networks. The ability to model individual, independent decision makers whose actions can potentially affect all other decision makers makes game theory and especially the repeated game framework particularly attractive to analyze the performance of sensor networks. In this paper, we describe how various interactions in wireless sensor networks can be modeled as a Iterated Heterogeneous Trust Game (IHTG) [5]. We borrow from the work done on modeling trust in social networks as a game, and adapt the framework to the case of sensor networks. This allows the analysis of trust schemes in these networks, as well as the design of equilibrium-inducing mechanisms that provide incentives for individual nodes to behave in constructive ways.

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  Sameer Pai, Tanya Roosta, Stephen Wicker, Shankar Sastry.
  "Game Theoretic Modeling of Trust in Networks of
  Bayesian-Learning Sensors". Unpublished article,  2008.

• BibTeX

  @unpublished{PaiRoostaWickerSastry08_GameTheoreticModelingOfTrustInNetworksOfBayesianLearning,
      author = {Sameer Pai and Tanya Roosta and Stephen Wicker and
                Shankar Sastry},
      title = {Game Theoretic Modeling of Trust in Networks of
                Bayesian-Learning Sensors},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {The application of mathematical analysis to the
                study of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks has
                met with limited success due to the complexity of
                mobility, trafc models, the dynamic topology, and
                the unpredictability of wireless link quality that
                characterize such networks. The ability to model
                individual, independent decision makers whose
                actions can potentially affect all other decision
                makers makes game theory and especially the
                repeated game framework particularly attractive to
                analyze the performance of sensor networks. In
                this paper, we describe how various interactions
                in wireless sensor networks can be modeled as a
                Iterated Heterogeneous Trust Game (IHTG) [5]. We
                borrow from the work done on modeling trust in
                social networks as a game, and adapt the framework
                to the case of sensor networks. This allows the
                analysis of trust schemes in these networks, as
                well as the design of equilibrium-inducing
                mechanisms that provide incentives for individual
                nodes to behave in constructive ways.},
      URL = {http://www.truststc.org/pubs/344.html}
  }
  

Posted by Sameer Pai on 31 Mar 2008.
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