Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-15-2014

Publication Title

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volume

231

First Page

307

Keywords

Conflict analysis, Coalition analysis, Preference uncertainty, Graph model

Last Page

319

Abstract

Coalition analysis is extended to incorporate uncertain preference into three stability concepts, general metarationality (GMR), symmetric metarationality (SMR), and sequential stability (SEQ) under the paradigm of the graph model for conflict resolution. As a follow-up analysis in the graph model, coalition analysis aims to assess whether equilibriums under individual calculations are vulnerable to coalition moves and countermoves and, hence, become unstable under coalition stabilities. Coalition analysis has been considered for transitive graph models with simple preference under four stabilities, Nash, GMR, SMR, and SEQ, as well as general graph models with uncertain preference for the Nash stability. This paper introduces preference uncertainty into coalition stabilities under GMR, SMR, and SEQ for general graph models that can be transitive or intransitive. Depending on the focal coalition’s different attitudes towards preference uncertainty, four different extensions are presented. Interrelationships of coalition stabilities are investigated within each extension and across the four extensions. A case study is carried out to illustrate how to apply the proposed coalition stabilities.

DOI

10.1016/j.amc.2013.12.143

Comments

The final version of this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2013.12.143. Copyright Elsevier 2015.

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