A non-cooperative approach to the cost spanning tree problem
DATE:
2004-07
UNIVERSAL IDENTIFIER: http://hdl.handle.net/11093/1105
EDITED VERSION: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s001860400352
UNESCO SUBJECT: 5399 Otras Especialidades económicas
DOCUMENT TYPE: article
ABSTRACT
We associate to each cost spanning tree problem a non-cooperative game, which is inspired by a real-life problem. We study the Nash equilibria and subgame perfect Nash equilibria of this game. We prove that these equilibria are closely related with situations where agents connect sequentially to the source.