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Nonincentivated Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 9.4.2 Games of Imperfect Information.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 9.4.3 The Relay Game as a Game of Imperfect Information
on Semi-Cooperative Environments .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 9.4.3.1 The Relay Game as a Game of Imperfect Information
on Semi-Cooperative Incentivated Environments .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 9.4.3.2 The Relay Game as a Game of Imperfect Information
on Semi-Cooperative and Nonincentivated Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 9.5 Wireless Interactions on Multiplex Environments .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
9.5.1 Games of Incomplete Information or Bayesian Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 9.5.2 The Multiplex Relay Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 9.5.3 Possible Interactions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
9.6 Conclusion and Open Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Network component cooperation is a crucial requirement for operational multi-hop wireless ad hoc networks, as selfish and noncooperativebehavior, can critically damage network performance. In this chapter we use some game theoretical concepts for the modeling and formal analysis of operations in this type of network. Our analysis will develop from fully cooperative conditions to more complex scenarioswhere network reliability, connectivity, andmobilitymake it impossible to consider entirely cooperative frameworks.
