Game Theoretic Aspects In All Optical Networks

Katerina Potika - San Jose State University

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

This talk is about modeling decentralized wavelength assignment problems in all-optical networks as games. In this model, we will answer questions related to the existence, computation of, and convergence to a pure Nash equilibrium (a stable state in which no user/player has incentive to change). We provide bounds for the loss that is encountered due to the lack of a centralized control, aka Price of Anarchy, when every selfish player seeks to reduce her individual cost.