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)