Payment channels were introduced to solve various eminent cryptocurrency scalability
issues. Multiple payment channels build a network on top of a blockchain, the so-called …

Abstract Selfish Network Creation focuses on modeling real world networks from a game-
theoretic point of view. One of the classic models by Fabrikant et al.(2003) is the network …

Network creation games investigate complex networks from a game-theoretic point of view.
Based on the original model by Fabrikant et al.[PODC'03] many variants have been …

We study the sum basic network creation game introduced in 2010 by Alon, Demaine,
Hajiaghai and Leighton. In this game, an undirected and unweighted graph G is said to be a …

We introduce Max celebrity games a new variant of Celebrity games defined in 4. In both
models players have weights and there is a critical distance β β as well as a link cost α α. In …

Inspired by scenarios where the strategic network design and defense or immunisation are
of the central importance, Goyal et al.[3] defined a new Network Formation Game with Attack …

Scaling decentralized blockchains has been in the spotlight of the blockchain research
community due to the immediate consequences on the widespread adoption of …

We survey some recent work of Maria Serna concerning strategic games. We first examine
some results related to the formal representation of strategic games and the complexity of …

We survey some recent work of Maria Serna concerning strategic games. We first examine
some results related to the formal representation of strategic games and the complexity of …

In this project, we focus on researching the model of Network Creation Games with attack
and immunization introduced by Goyal et al.. Frequently, the computational cost of …