[agents] Special issue of Games on Real World Applications of Game Theory

[Tuyls, Karl]

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit articles to the special issue on Real World Applications of Game Theory in the Games journal. Recent years have seen an increase in the use of game theoretic concepts and tools (e.g., equilibria, stability properties, replicator dynamics, etc.) for real world applications in areas as diverse as robotics, big data, financial markets, energy (smart grid), security, social welfare, and space applications. Therefore, we are excited to invite you to submit an original research paper for a Special Issue of Games devoted to the study of the application of such game theoretic principles to real world problems including, but not limited to, coordination in multi-robot systems (e.g., collision avoidance and patrolling), agent-based economics for auctions and markets (e.g., foreign exchange), security games, modelling and optimization in smart grids, and crowdsourcing.

We believe that this will be a great opportunity to further emphasize and trigger the powerful role that tools from Game Theory can play in a variety of practical applications. We envisage a fairly broad scope for this Special Issue, and we will consider all studies that report on the use or deployment of game theoretic and decision theoretic concepts in real world applications. The keywords below are merely indicative.

Prof. Dr. Karl Tuyls
Prof. Dr. Simon Parsons
Guest Editors

See http://www.mdpi.com/journal/games/special_issues/real-world-applications and http://www.mdpi.com/journal/games

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2015

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Games is an international peer-reviewed Open Access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Keywords

Security Games (applications such as boarder patrolling, wildlife preservation, etc.)
Multi-Agent Learning (Using game theoretic concepts for applications such as air traffic control, smart grids, auctions)
Robotics (Using GT for coordinating multi-robot systems, collision avoidance, etc.)
Financial and Energy Markets (e.g., distributed market mechanisms)
Learning and Optimization in Computer Games (e.g., Poker)