A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis of Participant Decision-Making Behavior in Mobile Crowdsourcing

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things and the popularity of numerous sensing devices, Mobile crowdsourcing (MCS) has become a paradigm for collecting sensing data and solving problems. However, most early studies focused on schemes of incentive mechanisms, task allocation and data qua...

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Main Authors: Hanyun Hao, Jian Yang, Jie Wang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/5/1269
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description With the rapid development of the Internet of Things and the popularity of numerous sensing devices, Mobile crowdsourcing (MCS) has become a paradigm for collecting sensing data and solving problems. However, most early studies focused on schemes of incentive mechanisms, task allocation and data quality control, which did not consider the influence and restriction of different behavioral strategies of stakeholders on the behaviors of other participants, and rarely applied dynamic system theory to analysis of participant behavior in mobile crowdsourcing. In this paper, we first propose a tripartite evolutionary game model of crowdsourcing workers, crowdsourcing platforms and task requesters. Secondly, we focus on the evolutionary stability strategies and evolutionary trends of different participants, as well as the influential factors, such as participants’ irrational personality, conflict of interest, punishment intensity, technical level and awareness of rights protection, to analyze the influence of different behavioral strategies on other participants. Thirdly, we verify the stability of the equilibrium point of the tripartite game system through simulation experiments. Finally, we summarize our work and provide related recommendations for governing agencies and different stakeholders to facilitate the continuous operation of the mobile crowdsourcing market and maximize social welfare.
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spelling doaj.art-644d7da5d80541c4817885d7328a95172023-11-17T08:10:32ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902023-03-01115126910.3390/math11051269A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis of Participant Decision-Making Behavior in Mobile CrowdsourcingHanyun Hao0Jian Yang1Jie Wang2School of Information, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, ChinaSchool of Information, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, ChinaSchool of Information, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, ChinaWith the rapid development of the Internet of Things and the popularity of numerous sensing devices, Mobile crowdsourcing (MCS) has become a paradigm for collecting sensing data and solving problems. However, most early studies focused on schemes of incentive mechanisms, task allocation and data quality control, which did not consider the influence and restriction of different behavioral strategies of stakeholders on the behaviors of other participants, and rarely applied dynamic system theory to analysis of participant behavior in mobile crowdsourcing. In this paper, we first propose a tripartite evolutionary game model of crowdsourcing workers, crowdsourcing platforms and task requesters. Secondly, we focus on the evolutionary stability strategies and evolutionary trends of different participants, as well as the influential factors, such as participants’ irrational personality, conflict of interest, punishment intensity, technical level and awareness of rights protection, to analyze the influence of different behavioral strategies on other participants. Thirdly, we verify the stability of the equilibrium point of the tripartite game system through simulation experiments. Finally, we summarize our work and provide related recommendations for governing agencies and different stakeholders to facilitate the continuous operation of the mobile crowdsourcing market and maximize social welfare.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/5/1269mobile crowdsourcingtripartite evolutionary gamestability analysis
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Mathematics
mobile crowdsourcing
tripartite evolutionary game
stability analysis
title A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis of Participant Decision-Making Behavior in Mobile Crowdsourcing
title_full A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis of Participant Decision-Making Behavior in Mobile Crowdsourcing
title_fullStr A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis of Participant Decision-Making Behavior in Mobile Crowdsourcing
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title_short A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis of Participant Decision-Making Behavior in Mobile Crowdsourcing
title_sort tripartite evolutionary game analysis of participant decision making behavior in mobile crowdsourcing
topic mobile crowdsourcing
tripartite evolutionary game
stability analysis
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/5/1269
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