Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "Game Theory"
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Basin-wide Water Demand Management: Transfers and Compensation among Competing Users
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-02)Water demand management is incorporated into a two-step water allocation process in order to motivate water users to implement water demand management strategies. In the first step, the initial allocation of water is based ... -
Competitive Project Portfolio Management
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)Although project portfolio management (PPM) has been an active research area over the past 50 years, budget allocation models that consider competition are sparse. Firms faced with the project portfolio management problem ... -
Coordinating the Optimal Discount Schedules of Supplier and Carrier
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-24)Transportation is important in making supply chain decisions. With the careful consideration of transportation expenses, the performance of each supply chain member, as well as the entire supply chain, could be improved ... -
Cross-monotonic Cost-Sharing Methods for Network Design Games
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)In this thesis we consider some network design games that arise from common network design problems. A network design game involves multiple players who control nodes in a network, each of which has a personal interest ... -
Design and Management of Collaborative Intrusion Detection Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-30)In recent years network intrusions have become a severe threat to the privacy and safety of computer users. Recent cyber attacks compromise a large number of hosts to form botnets. Hackers not only aim at harvesting private ... -
Developing Models Using Game Theory for Analyzing the Interaction of Various Stakeholders in Energy Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)Air pollution, global warming, climate change, and economic development are all reasons for governments around the world to incentivize the development of renewable energy generation technologies and plan for a transition ... -
A Game-Theoretic Decision-Making Framework for Engineering Self-Protecting Software Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Targeted and destructive nature of strategies used by attackers to break down a software system require mitigation approaches with dynamic awareness. Making a right decision, when facing today’s sophisticated and dynamic ... -
Guidance Under Uncertainty: Employing a Mediator Framework in Bilateral Incomplete-Information Negotiations
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)Bilateral incomplete-information negotiations of multiple issues present a difficult yet common negotiation problem that is complicated to solve from a mechanism design perspective. Unlike multilateral situations, where ... -
Information Fusion Methodology for Enhancing Situation Awareness in Connected Cars Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-19)This dissertation introduces novel approaches to develop a comprehensive model to address situation awareness in the Internet of Cars, called Attention Assist Framework (AAF). The proposed framework utilizes both Low-Level ... -
Initial State Stabilities and Inverse Engineering in Conflict Resolution
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-23)Two original contributions are made which extend the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution: one is a new family of solution concepts, while the other is a novel methodological approach. In addition to theoretical contributions, ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Multilateral Negotiations
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-19)Abstract The modeling and analysis of multilateral negotiations are studied under the assumption that reaching an agreement is the main objective of the negotiators. A new methodology and associated definitions are ... -
Pricing in a Multiple ISP Environment with Delay Bounds and Varying Traffic Loads
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-15)In this thesis, we study different Internet pricing schemes and how they can be applied to a multiple ISP environment. We first take a look at the current Internet architecture. Then the different classes that make up the ... -
Salus: Stackelberg Games for Malware Detection with Microarchitectural Events
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-24)Microarchitectural events have been the subject of previous investigations for malware detection. While some studies assert the effectiveness of utilizing hardware events in detecting malware, others contend that they ... -
Service Revenue Management in the Presence of Grouping Complementarities
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-19)This thesis studies a revenue management problem faced by providers of differentiated and congested services when customer preferences are subject to externalities. In particular, a customer benefits not only from receiving ... -
Stabilizing Weighted Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)An edge-weighted graph G = (V,E) is called stable if the value of a maximum-weight matching equals the value of a maximum-weight fractional matching. Stable graphs play an important role in some interesting game theory ... -
Stochastic Mechanisms for Truthfulness and Budget Balance in Computational Social Choice
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)In this thesis, we examine stochastic techniques for overcoming game theoretic and computational issues in the collective decision making process of self-interested individuals. In particular, we examine truthful, stochastic ... -
Strategic and Stochastic Approaches to Modeling the Structure of Multi-Layer and Interdependent Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-12)Examples of complex networks abound in both the natural world (e.g., ecological, social and economic systems), and in engineered applications (e.g., the Internet, the power grid, etc.). The topological structure of such ... -
Strategic Trip Planning: Striking a Balance Between Competition and Cooperation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-15)In intelligent transportation systems, cooperative mobility planning is considered to be one of the challenging problems. Mobility planning as it stands today is an in- dividual decision-making effort that takes place in ... -
Zonal Energy Management and Optimization System (ZEMOS) for Smart Grid Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-15)In the context of implementing the smart grid, electric energy consumption, generation resources, should be managed and optimized in a way that saves energy, improves efficiency, enhances reliability and maintains security ...