Networks and groups : models of strategic formation ; with 71 figures and 9 tables /

Networks and groups : models of strategic formation ; with 71 figures and 9 tables / Bhaskar Dutta, Matthew O. Jackson, editors. - viii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Studies in economic design . - Studies in economic design. .

Includes bibliographical references.

On the Formation of Networks and Groups -- Graphs and Cooperation in Games -- A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks -- Spatial Social Networks -- Stable Networks -- The Stability and Efficiency of Economic and Social Networks -- A Noncooperative Model of Network Formation -- The Stability and Efficiency of Directed Communication Networks -- Endogenous Formation of Links Between Players and of Coalitions: An Application of the Shapley Value -- Link Formation in Cooperative Situations -- Network Formation Models With Costs for Establishing Links -- Network Formation With Sequential Demands -- Coalition Formation in General NTU Games -- A Strategic Analysis of Network Reliability -- A Dynamic Model of Network Formation -- A Theory of Buyer-Seller Networks -- Competition for Goods in Buyer-Seller Networks -- Buyers' and Sellers' Cartels on Markets With Indivisible Goods -- Network Exchange as a Cooperative Game -- Incentive Compatible Reward Schemes for Labour-managed Firms -- Project Evaluation and Organizational Form -- References.

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Social networks--Mathematical models
Social groups--Mathematical models
Business networks--Mathematical models
Game theory.

HM741 / .N47 2003

302.3

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