GAMES ON NETWORKS

It is suggested that user selection of service provision on a network of heterogeneous sewers be modeled by competitive replicator dynamics. User agents make their requirements known to network agents, which ca n bid for their execution. The bids initiate a negotiation process bet ween the two groups of agents, at the end of which the user agents mak e a decision and map their requirements onto a selected set of network servers. The selection process is based on competitive replicator dyn amics and attempts to maximize the respective utilities of both agent groups. Various issues resulting fr om the nonlinearity of the dynamic s, such as stability and adaptability, are discussed in some detail. T he results of some simulations are presented.