Cooperative game theory considers simple games and influence games as essential
classes of games. A simple game can be viewed as a model of voting systems in which a …

High-quality answers, usually given by experts, play an important role in community
question answering (CQA) websites. Therefore, experts in these websites are defined as …

We introduce collective decision-making models associated with influence spread under the
linear threshold model in social networks. We define the oblivious and the non-oblivious …

Classical power index analysis considers the individual's ability to influence the aggregated
group decision by changing its own vote, where all decisions and votes are assumed to be …

A well known and established model in communication policy in sociology and marketing is
that of opinion leadership. Opinion leaders are actors in a society who are able to affect the …

Games under precedence constraints model situations, where players in a cooperative
transferable utility game belong to some hierarchical structure, which is represented by an …

The understanding of how users in a network update their opinions based on their
neighbours' opinions has attracted a great deal of interest in the field of network science …

Die öffentliche Ausschreibung ist ein transparentes Objekt des europaweiten
Vergaberechtes und lässt umfangreiche Analysen zur Nachfrage nach Gütern, Waren und …

We introduce the prediction value (PV) of player i as the difference between the conditional
expectations of v (S) when i cooperates or not in a probabilistic TU game. The latter …

In social network analysis, there is a common perception that influence is relevant to
determine the global behavior of the society and thus it can be used to enforce cooperation …