Asymptotically Tight Bounds for Inefficiency in Risk-Averse Selfish Routing

Authors: Thanasis Lianeas, Evdokia Nikolova, Nicolas E. Stier-Moses

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Reproducibility Variable Result LLM Response
Research Type Theoretical In this paper, we provide the first lower bounds on the PRA. First, we show a family of structural lower bounds, which grow linearly with the size of the graph and players risk-aversion. They are tight for graph sizes that are powers of two. We also provide asymptotically tight functional bounds that depend on the allowed latency functions but not on the topology. The functional bounds match the price-of-anarchy bounds for congestion games multiplied by an extra factor that accounts for risk aversion. Finally, we provide a closed-form formula of the PRA for a family of graphs that generalize series-parallel graphs and the Braess graph. This formula also applies to the mean-standard deviation user objective a much more complex model of risk-aversion due to the cost of a path being non-additive over edge costs.
Researcher Affiliation Collaboration University of Texas at Austin {tlianeas|nikolova}@austin.utexas.edu Nicolas E. Stier-Moses Facebook Core Data Science nstier@fb.com
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