Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/309793 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Computational Management Science [ISSN:] 1619-6988 [Volume:] 19 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 627-664
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
In this paper, we present a network manipulation algorithm based on an alternating minimization scheme from Nesterov (Soft Comput 1–12, 2020). In our context, the alternative process mimics the natural behavior of agents and organizations operating on a network. By selecting starting distributions, the organizations determine the short-term dynamics of the network. While choosing an organization in accordance with their manipulation goals, agents are prone to errors. This rational inattentive behavior leads to discrete choice probabilities. We extend the analysis of our algorithm to the inexact case, where the corresponding subproblems can only be solved with numerical inaccuracies. The parameters reflecting the imperfect behavior of agents and the credibility of organizations, as well as the condition number of the network transition matrix have a significant impact on the convergence of our algorithm. Namely, they turn out not only to improve the rate of convergence, but also to reduce the accumulated errors. From the mathematical perspective, this is due to the induced strong convexity of an appropriate potential function.
Subjects: 
Network manipulation
Inexact alternating minimization
Discrete choice
Strong convexity
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