CRII: NeTS: Real-life modeling for EFficient RESource management in Heterogeneous multi-user systems - REFRESH

新兴的5G和网络物理社会系统的经济和社会潜力远远大于迄今为止所实现的，全球正在进行重大投资以开发相应的科学和技术。虽然在研究这种互连系统的各种架构的开发中已经取得了显着的成就，但进一步进展的一个障碍是缺乏适当的科学和技术来概念化和设计用户行为，交互和决策之间的深度相互依赖性。这个项目，称为REFRESH，促进了一个新的研究议程，其中提出的资源管理框架和现实生活中的建模方法超越了经典的设置。所提出的方法允许创建以用户为中心的框架，其为（a）终端用户带来显著的益处，在降低的功耗、较低的价格和降低的通信和计算开销方面;以及（B）为网络或服务提供商带来显著的益处，在节能和增加满意客户的数量方面。拟议的研究不仅将影响相应的科学方向，而且将刺激新兴规模经济的变化，为社会增长和范式转变奠定基础。具体的计划，以最大限度地扩大该项目的影响，包括教育活动，外展行动，少数民族学生的招聘，多样性，和数据传播actions.In刷新一种新的方法，在无线网络资源分配被认为是基于以下想法：（a）不是最大化服务质量（QoS），有人认为，通过仅以令人满意的QoS水平为目标来实现更好的能量效率。这是通过称为满意均衡的博弈论解决方案概念来处理的;（B）迄今为止使用的理论尚未成功地正确解决这样一个事实：现实生活中的个人并不表现为中立的期望效用最大化者，但他们往往表现出不确定性下的风险寻求或损失规避行为。为了解决这一问题，本文运用了前景理论和公地悲剧理论。引入新的资源分配范式的现实主义的补充，整合学习方法，以减少通信和计算环境的动态性和缺乏信息的影响。预期的发现有可能奠定坚实的理论和务实的资源管理框架的基础。该项目由计算机和网络系统（CNS）计划和刺激竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The economic and societal potential of emerging 5G and cyber-physical social systems is vastly greater than what has been realized so far, and major investments are being made worldwide to develop the corresponding science and technology. Though significant achievements have been obtained in the development of various architectures to study such interconnected systems, one barrier to further progress is the lack of appropriate science and technology to conceptualize and design for the deep inter-dependencies among users behaviors, interactions, and decisions. This project, called REFRESH, promotes a novel research agenda, where the proposed resource management framework and the real-life modeling approach go beyond the classical settings. The proposed approach allows for the creation of a user-centric framework that brings significant benefits for (a) the end-user, in terms of reduced power consumption, lower prices and reduced communication and computation overhead; and (b) for the network or service provider, in terms of energy savings and increased number of satisfied customers. The proposed research will influence not only the corresponding scientific directions but will stimulate changes in the emerging economies of scale, creating the basis for societal growth and paradigm shifts. Concrete plans to maximize the broader impacts of the project include educational activities, outreach actions, minority student recruitment, diversity, and data dissemination actions.In REFRESH a novel approach to resource allocation in wireless networks is considered, based on the following ideas: (a) Instead of maximizing the Quality of Service (QoS), it is argued that better energy-efficiency is achieved by targeting satisfactory QoS levels only. This is treated by a game-theoretical solution concept referred to as satisfaction equilibrium; (b) The theory used so far has not managed to properly address the fact that individuals in real-life do not behave as neutral expected utility maximizers, but they tend to exhibit risk-seeking or loss-aversion behavior under uncertainty. To deal with this, Prospect Theory and the theory of the Tragedy of the Commons are exploited. The realism of the introduced novel resource allocation paradigm is complemented by integrating learning approaches to reduce the impact of communication and computing environment dynamicity and lack of information. Expected findings have the potential to lay the foundations of a solid theoretical and pragmatic resource management framework.This project is jointly funded by the Computer and Network Systems (CNS) program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.