The computation of pairwise stable networks

P.J.J. Herings, Yang Zhan

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Abstract

One of the most important stability concepts for network formation is pairwise stability. We develop a homotopy algorithm that is effective in computing pairwise stable networks for a generic network formation problem. To do so, we reformulate the concept of pairwise stability as a Nash equilibrium of a non-cooperative game played by the links in the network and adapt the linear tracing procedure for non-cooperative games to the network formation problem. As a by-product of our main result, we obtain that the number of pairwise stable networks is generically odd. We apply the algorithm to the connections model and obtain a number of novel insights.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)443-473
JournalMathematical Programming
Volume203
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2024

Keywords

  • Computation of equilibria
  • Connections model
  • Pairwise stable network
  • Tracing procedure

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