Game theory applications in network design provides the basic idea of game theory and the fundamental understanding of game theoretic interactions among network entities the material in this book also covers recent advances and open issues offering game theoretic solutions for specific network design issues this publication will benefit students educators research strategists scientists researchers and engineers in the field of network design. Game theory applications in network design provides the basic idea of game theory and the fundamental understanding of game theoretic interactions among network entities the material in this book also covers recent advances and open issues offering game theoretic solutions for specific network design issues this publication will benefit students educators research strategists scientists researchers and engineers in the field of network design. The use of game theoretic techniques is playing an increasingly important role in the network design domain understanding the background concepts and principles in using game theory approaches is necessary for engineers in network design. Their competition can be simulated using game theory models no centralized regulation of network usage is possible because of the diverse ownership of network resources the problem is of ensuring the fair sharing of network resources for example ten stanford students on the same local network need access to the internet. Citeseerx document details isaac councill lee giles pradeep teregowda abstract for over a decade game theory has been successfully used as a mathematical tool to study different aspects of computer and telecommunication networks the best suited application of game theory is in a decentralized wireless network where each node is capable of individually adapting its operation based