Packet Forwarding Strategies in Multiagent Systems: An Evolutionary Game Approach

Table 2

Notations (2).

	Gain obtained by an agent selecting Forward strategy, which also helps other agents to forward a packet successfully.
	The incentive for noncooperation, gain obtained by an agent selecting No-Forward strategy to save energy while the agent is at the busy (backlogged) state.
	Cooperation gain of an agent due to its opponent selecting the Forward strategy and successfully forwarding a packet.
	Cost caused by an agent forwarding others’ a packet or sending its own packet.
	No cooperative loss of an agent for its opponent selecting No-Forward strategy.
	The incentive for cooperation while an agent selects the Forward strategy. (W ≥ 0)