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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Incentive Mechanism"”.
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Incentive mechanism design for mobile crowd sensing systems
… in this thesis, I present a series of novel incentive mechanisms, which can be utilized to effectively incentivize worker participation in MCS systems. The proposed mechanisms not only incorporate workers' quality of information in order to selectively recruit relatively more reliable workers …
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A decentralized incentive mechanism for company-wide energy consumption reduction
This thesis proposes a decentralized reward-based incentive mechanism to address the problem of noncomplying subsidiaries when the parent company wish to meet its targeted energy consumption level. Besides its effectiveness in ensuring compliance, the proposed mechanism is advantageous as it is …
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Incentive mechanism design in blockchain-based federated learning over edge clouds
… blockchain-enabled FL relies heavily on robust incentive mechanisms that can motivate contributions to both model training and the blockchain consensus process. This dissertation investigates and designs comprehensive, game-theoretic incentive mechanisms for blockchain-enabled federated edge …
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Incentive Mechanism Design for Systems with Many Agents: A Multiscale Decision Theory Approach
Incentives are an effective mechanism to align the interests of decision-makers. For example, employers use incentives to motivate their employees to take actions that benefit both the employers and the employees. Incentives also play a role in the interaction between firms, for example in a supply …
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Study on incentive mechanisms of smes crowdsourcing contest innovation.
… to better understand the main motivational incentives to obtain maximum productivity of a team with limited project management resources. In pursuit of this, the social exchange theory is challenged, this thesis explores the motivation factors that influence solvers to participate in SMEs …
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A secure and privacy-preserving incentive framework for vehicular cloud
… a promising secure and privacy-preserving incentive mechanism framework for VCC. An incentive to convince vehicle owners with excess on-board capabilities to join in VCC without the risk of privacy disclosure. The incentive mechanism employs game theory to model the interactions between the …
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Plutus : measuring message gossiping in P2P networks and providing incentives in cryptocurrencies
… an efficient and game-theoretically proven incentive mechanism for Algorand, a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency. In order to operate, Algorand requires users to constantly propagate messages but has no mechanism to incentivize users to do so. Plutus solves this problem by keeping track of each …
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Finding a cohesive and effective conservation in the Overberg - an experimental application of the agglomeration bonus
… of an agglomeration bonus as a voluntary incentive mechanism aimed promoting sound conservation practices at three sites managed within the region. The analysis is unique in its application of both the normal form game theory and spatial mapping approaches to the problem in a three-player …
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Novel context-based text analytics methods with applications on customer reviews for products and services
… how online reviews serve as screening and incentive mechanisms to reduce information asymmetry in e-commerce. We argue that online reviews not only act as a screening mechanism to reduce information asymmetry between online sellers and buyers as shown in previous literature, but they also …
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Assessing the economic case for stratified medicine
… I also identify a strong potential incentive mechanism in the hands of public policy makers that could facilitate a resolution of the tension between patient interests and the interests of pharmaceutical sponsors. The conclusion is that a biomarker can compensate for smaller stratum …
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Principal-agent alignment and relational incentive contracts in high-performance service operations
… in game theory, relational contracts, and incentive mechanism design that impact service quality in the modern organization. The framework introduced in this thesis is comprised of four distinct steps. In the first step, service quality is quantitatively measured and drivers of service …
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Three essays on product design for the environment
… and profitability, and seeks inter-divisional incentive mechanism to achieve firm-wide coordination. This study shows that decentralization and divisional conflict not only result in lower firm profit and product sales, but also create a hurdle for remanufacturable product design. Thus, an …
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Agents to assist in finding help
… user's problem while providing a community-based incentive mechanism. We present alternative profiling and incentive mechanisms to those that had been presented in previous work. We chose the Java Programming domain for our initial implementation and testing of the system. Expert Finder uses each …
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Mathematical Models for Improving Flexibility within the Smart Grid domain
… exploitation of parallel computing. Moreover, an incentive mechanism for usage of renewable energy has been analyzed and improved, by changing some functions which define its behavior. This mechanism has also been examined from a game-theoretic point of view, and it has been further improved in …
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Informational Environmental Regulation in Practice
… implemented after direct regulation and economic incentive mechanism, has exhibited its positive results on pollution reduction. Since 1995, this approach has been exported from the developed world to more than ten developing countries by international policy advisors. China experimented with …
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A consumer assessment of household attitudes, awareness, drivers and likelihood of installing solar water heaters under a monthly payment scheme in Cape Town, South Africa
This paper reviews how incentive mechanisms impact solar water heater (SWH) technology adoption under both monthly payment scheme (MPS) and non-monthly payment scheme (non-MPS) conditions. The key research problem is to try understand why consumers1 have not installed SWHs under non-MPS conditions …
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Secure and scalable blockchain mechanisms for IoT applications
… data exchange through immutability and consensus mechanisms, preventing data tampering. However, the increasing number of IoT devices raises risks like unauthorized access and network attacks. Blockchain scalability issues also affect throughput and latency, challenging real-time IoT applications. …
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Microcredit and Savings
… arises. In chapter 1 we theoretically examine an incentive mechanism in microfinance that may enhance repayment rates without applying the joint-liability condition introduced by the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. In a two-period model of micro-lending with individual liability, we incorporate a …
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Contract Theory Framework for Wireless Networking
… theory to design efficient wireless network mechanisms. Given this background, this dissertation provides a theoretical research between wireless communications, networking, and economics. Especially, different contract theory models have been applied in various wireless networks scenarios. …
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Development of a decision support tool for planning municipal solid waste management systems in India
… level. By implementing a weekly feedback social incentive mechanism, we see that the segregation rate of organic waste by households increases to nearly twice than those households that were given no feedback. The tool shows that as the segregation rate of the city increases, the costs and GHG …
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