Network Active Systems: Models of Planning and Incentives

Resumo

The models of network active systems are introduced and studied. A network active system consists of a finite set of agents interacting within a given network; each agent is characterized by the technology of his activity (a dependence of the output on his own action and also the outputs of other agents). The problems of incentives and planning are stated and solved. Applications of network active systems for the modeling and optimization of extended enterprises are discussed.