Exploring and monitoring the underwater world using underwater sensors is drawing a lot of
attention these days. In this field cooperation between acoustic sensor nodes has been a …

The conflicts in human societies have often been studied through evolutionary games. In
social dilemmas, for example, individuals fair best if they defect, but the society is best off if …

Recently, blockchain trustless properties started to be investigated to design cooperation
enforcement mechanisms in many systems. This paper presents a comprehensive and …

The security issue is one of the greatest challenges in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs)
attracting a great deal of attention. Malicious onboard units (OBUs) can attack other OBUs …

Routing in mobile ad hoc networks is based on the cooperation of the network's nodes. The
presence of selfish nodes that do not cooperate in this task drastically reduces the number of …

In proof-of-work-based (PoW-based) blockchain networks, the miners participate in a crypto-
puzzle solving competition to win the reward by publishing a new block. Open mining pools …

The evaluation and updating of individual reputation plays a significant role in the evolution
of game cooperation under the framework of reputation-based indirect reciprocity. However …

Block withholding attack is an action where a miner who has found a legal block chooses
not to submit it but rather directly abandons it. This attack makes the mining pool lose all …

Vaccination is one of the most effective strategies against epidemics. Traditionally, the
evolutionary game theory focuses on individual behaviors, rather than psychological …

The Proof of Work (PoW) consensus algorithm guarantees the safety and dependability of
Blockchain systems. Miners can achieve a consensus through the PoW algorithm during the …