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Bandwidth-sharing game


A bandwidth-sharing game is a type of resource allocation game designed to model the real-world allocation of bandwidth to many users in a network. The game is popular in game theory because the conclusions can be applied to real-life networks. The game is described as follows:

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The game arises from trying to find a price so that every player individually optimizes their own welfare. This implies every player must individually find . Solving for the maximum yields .


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