Yvonne Anne Pignolet

  1. On the Windfall and Price of Friendship: Inoculation Strategies on Social Networks.

    Authors: Stefan Schmid, Roger Wattenhofer, Dominic Meier, Yvonne Anne Pignolet
    Subjects: Computer Science and Game Theory
    Abstract

    This article investigates selfish behavior in games where players are
    embedded in a social context. A framework is presented which allows us to
    measure the Windfall of Friendship, i.e., how much players benefit (compared to
    purely selfish environments) if they care about the welfare of their friends in
    the social network graph. As a case study, a virus inoculation game is
    examined. We analyze the corresponding Nash equilibria and show that the
    Windfall of Friendship can never be negative.

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