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@article{kangasharju:incentives, abstract = {Ad hoc networks and peer-to-peer systems typically require many users to participate, to leverage the full benefits of the system. In this paper we consider incentives for opportunistic networks. As an example, consider an electronic coupon system, where providers send out coupons, which are passed from user to user. Users receive bonus points for each redemption to encourage participation. We define a general model for such bonus point -based coupon schemes and derive an optimal strategy to allow a user to determine how many bonus points she should ask for when passing the coupon. We also show that our optimal strategy is very robust against all other user strategies, and that there is a strong incentive for users to follow our optimal strategy.}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Kangasharju, Jussi and Heinemann, Andreas}, citeulike-article-id = {4288534}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/WAINA.2008.90}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WAINA.2008.90}, doi = {10.1109/WAINA.2008.90}, journal = {Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, International Conference on}, keywords = {incentives, opportunistic-networks}, pages = {1684--1689}, posted-at = {2009-04-08 13:59:38}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, title = {Incentives for Opportunistic Networks}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WAINA.2008.90}, volume = {0}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - kangasharju:incentives L3 - citeulike-article-id:4288534 N2 - Ad hoc networks and peer-to-peer systems typically require many users to participate, to leverage the full benefits of the system. In this paper we consider incentives for opportunistic networks. As an example, consider an electronic coupon system, where providers send out coupons, which are passed from user to user. Users receive bonus points for each redemption to encourage participation. We define a general model for such bonus point -based coupon schemes and derive an optimal strategy to allow a user to determine how many bonus points she should ask for when passing the coupon. We also show that our optimal strategy is very robust against all other user strategies, and that there is a strong incentive for users to follow our optimal strategy. JF - Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, International Conference on AD - Los Alamitos, CA, USA EP - 1689 TI - Incentives for Opportunistic Networks PB - IEEE Computer Society VL - 0 SP - 1684 KW - incentives KW - opportunistic-networks AU - Kangasharju, Jussi AU - Heinemann, Andreas PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WAINA.2008.90 ER -