We consider any network environment in which the “best shot game” is played. This is the case where the possible … 1 is minimal. To find such an equilibrium is a very hard task for any non-trivial network architecture. We propose an … network structure is unknown to the social planner. …

, graph theory, social choice and bargaining theory, and by using the computer support system RelView for computing solutions …

We study learning and influence in a setting where agents communicate according to an arbitrary social network and … general structural conditions on the social network that are sufficient for convergence to truth. In addition, we show how …

-conforming with their neighbors. We show that an agent's social influence on the long-run group opinion is increasing in network … centrality and decreasing in conformity. Concerning efficiency of information aggregation or “wisdom" of the society, it turns … out that misrepresentation of opinions need not undermine wisdom, but may even enhance it. Given the network, we provide …

neighbors in the social network, can exert effort to manipulate the trust of others, and update their opinions about some common …

fixed network. Problems arrive randomly anywhere in this network and must find their way to their respective “specialized …, the process may be subject to congestion. We provide a characterization of the threshold of collapse of the network and of … to address a design problem: the determination of what kind of network architecture optimizes performance for any given …