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text: We study optimal election sequences for repeatedly selecting a (very) small
group of leaders among a set of participants (players) with publicly known unique
ids. In every time slot, every player has to select exactly one player that it
considers to be the current leader, oblivious to the selection of the other players,
but with the overarching goal of maximizing a given parameterized global (“social”)
payoff function in the limit. We consider a quite generic model, where the local
payoff achieved by a given player depends, weighted by some arbitrary but fixed
real parameter, on the number of different leaders chosen in a round, the number
of players that choose the given player as the leader, and whether the chosen
leader has changed w.r.t. the previous round or not. The social payoff can be
the maximum, average or minimum local payoff of the players. Possible applications
include quite diverse examples such as rotating coordinator-based distributed
algorithms and long-haul formation flying of social birds. Depending on the weights
and the particular social payoff, optimal sequences can be very different, from
simple round-robin where all players chose the same leader alternatingly every
time slot to very exotic patterns, where a small group of leaders (at most 2)
is elected in every time slot. Moreover, we study the question if and when a single
player would not benefit w.r.t. its local payoff when deviating from the given
optimal sequence, i.e., when our optimal sequences are Nash equilibria in the
restricted strategy space of oblivious strategies. As this is the case for many
parameterizations of our model, our results reveal that no punishment is needed
to make it rational for the players to optimize the social payoff.
acknowledgement: "We are grateful to Matthias Függer and Thomas Nowak for having raised
our interest in the problem studied in this paper.\r\nThis work has been supported
the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) projects S11405, S11407 (RiSE), and P28182 (ADynNet)."
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- first_name: Martin
full_name: Zeiner, Martin
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- first_name: Ulrich
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last_name: Schmid
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
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last_name: Chatterjee
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citation:
ama: Zeiner M, Schmid U, Chatterjee K. Optimal strategies for selecting coordinators.
Discrete Applied Mathematics. 2021;289(1):392-415. doi:10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022
apa: Zeiner, M., Schmid, U., & Chatterjee, K. (2021). Optimal strategies for
selecting coordinators. Discrete Applied Mathematics. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022
chicago: Zeiner, Martin, Ulrich Schmid, and Krishnendu Chatterjee. “Optimal Strategies
for Selecting Coordinators.” Discrete Applied Mathematics. Elsevier, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022.
ieee: M. Zeiner, U. Schmid, and K. Chatterjee, “Optimal strategies for selecting
coordinators,” Discrete Applied Mathematics, vol. 289, no. 1. Elsevier,
pp. 392–415, 2021.
ista: Zeiner M, Schmid U, Chatterjee K. 2021. Optimal strategies for selecting coordinators.
Discrete Applied Mathematics. 289(1), 392–415.
mla: Zeiner, Martin, et al. “Optimal Strategies for Selecting Coordinators.” Discrete
Applied Mathematics, vol. 289, no. 1, Elsevier, 2021, pp. 392–415, doi:10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022.
short: M. Zeiner, U. Schmid, K. Chatterjee, Discrete Applied Mathematics 289 (2021)
392–415.
date_created: 2020-11-22T23:01:26Z
date_published: 2021-01-31T00:00:00Z
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---
_id: '5857'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'A thrackle is a graph drawn in the plane so that every pair of its edges
meet exactly once: either at a common end vertex or in a proper crossing. We prove
that any thrackle of n vertices has at most 1.3984n edges. Quasi-thrackles are
defined similarly, except that every pair of edges that do not share a vertex
are allowed to cross an odd number of times. It is also shown that the maximum
number of edges of a quasi-thrackle on n vertices is [Formula presented](n−1),
and that this bound is best possible for infinitely many values of n.'
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author:
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citation:
ama: 'Fulek R, Pach J. Thrackles: An improved upper bound. Discrete Applied Mathematics.
2019;259(4):266-231. doi:10.1016/j.dam.2018.12.025'
apa: 'Fulek, R., & Pach, J. (2019). Thrackles: An improved upper bound. Discrete
Applied Mathematics. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.12.025'
chicago: 'Fulek, Radoslav, and János Pach. “Thrackles: An Improved Upper Bound.”
Discrete Applied Mathematics. Elsevier, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.12.025.'
ieee: 'R. Fulek and J. Pach, “Thrackles: An improved upper bound,” Discrete Applied
Mathematics, vol. 259, no. 4. Elsevier, pp. 266–231, 2019.'
ista: 'Fulek R, Pach J. 2019. Thrackles: An improved upper bound. Discrete Applied
Mathematics. 259(4), 266–231.'
mla: 'Fulek, Radoslav, and János Pach. “Thrackles: An Improved Upper Bound.” Discrete
Applied Mathematics, vol. 259, no. 4, Elsevier, 2019, pp. 266–231, doi:10.1016/j.dam.2018.12.025.'
short: R. Fulek, J. Pach, Discrete Applied Mathematics 259 (2019) 266–231.
date_created: 2019-01-20T22:59:17Z
date_published: 2019-04-30T00:00:00Z
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