{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4388624545","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2023.3332140","title":"Efficient Multi-Task Computation Offloading Game for Mobile Edge Computing","display_name":"Efficient Multi-Task Computation Offloading Game for Mobile Edge Computing","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-11-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4388624545","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2023.3332140"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tsc.2023.3332140","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2023.3332140","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S204223317","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Services Computing","issn_l":"1939-1374","issn":["1939-1374","2372-0204"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Services Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018526176","display_name":"Shuhui Chu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4313-0839"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204512498","display_name":"University of Macau","ror":"https://ror.org/01r4q9n85","country_code":"MO","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204512498"]}],"countries":["MO"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Shuhui Chu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer and Information Science, State Key Lab of IoTSC, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer and Information Science, State Key Lab of IoTSC, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204512498"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5106856666","display_name":"Chengxi Gao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1386-7394"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210145761","display_name":"Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04gh4er46","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210145761"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chengxi Gao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210145761","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014474110","display_name":"Minxian Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-5153"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210145761","display_name":"Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04gh4er46","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210145761"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Minxian Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210145761","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012757772","display_name":"Kejiang Ye","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6133-407X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210145761","display_name":"Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04gh4er46","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210145761"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kejiang Ye","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210145761","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001435169","display_name":"Zhu Xiao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-160X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16609230","display_name":"Hunan University","ror":"https://ror.org/05htk5m33","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16609230"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhu Xiao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shenzhen Research Institute, Hunan University, Shenzhen, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shenzhen Research Institute, Hunan University, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16609230"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012773300","display_name":"Chengzhong Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9480-0356"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204512498","display_name":"University of Macau","ror":"https://ror.org/01r4q9n85","country_code":"MO","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204512498"]}],"countries":["MO"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chengzhong Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer and Information Science, State Key Lab of IoTSC, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer and Information Science, State Key Lab of IoTSC, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204512498"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5018526176"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204512498"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.7926,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":24,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95535481,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"17","issue":"1","first_page":"30","last_page":"46"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9764000177383423,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11612","display_name":"Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques","score":0.9742000102996826,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8756930828094482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-edge-computing","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","score":0.8102583289146423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nash-equilibrium","display_name":"Nash equilibrium","score":0.6718508005142212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computation-offloading","display_name":"Computation offloading","score":0.6634924411773682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.6182279586791992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/price-of-anarchy","display_name":"Price of anarchy","score":0.5707257986068726},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/edge-computing","display_name":"Edge computing","score":0.5172460675239563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-allocation","display_name":"Resource allocation","score":0.5080018639564514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/game-theory","display_name":"Game theory","score":0.48229220509529114},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.47555917501449585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/potential-game","display_name":"Potential game","score":0.4343961477279663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/enhanced-data-rates-for-gsm-evolution","display_name":"Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution","score":0.4256812334060669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-device","display_name":"Mobile device","score":0.4176434874534607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.2738301753997803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.24990928173065186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.12235519289970398}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8756930828094482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776061582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25325231","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","level":3,"score":0.8102583289146423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46814582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23389","display_name":"Nash equilibrium","level":2,"score":0.6718508005142212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781041963","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18348618","display_name":"Computation offloading","level":4,"score":0.6634924411773682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.6182279586791992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C82149807","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7242623","display_name":"Price of anarchy","level":4,"score":0.5707257986068726},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778456923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337692","display_name":"Edge computing","level":3,"score":0.5172460675239563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29202148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287260","display_name":"Resource allocation","level":2,"score":0.5080018639564514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177142836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44455","display_name":"Game theory","level":2,"score":0.48229220509529114},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.47555917501449585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778079155","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288500","display_name":"Potential game","level":3,"score":0.4343961477279663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162307627","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204833","display_name":"Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution","level":2,"score":0.4256812334060669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186967261","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5082128","display_name":"Mobile device","level":2,"score":0.4176434874534607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.2738301753997803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.24990928173065186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.12235519289970398},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188466206","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7242626","display_name":"Price of stability","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126285488","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178476","display_name":"Monetary policy","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175444787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072","display_name":"Microeconomics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C556758197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580018","display_name":"Monetary economics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tsc.2023.3332140","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2023.3332140","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S204223317","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Services Computing","issn_l":"1939-1374","issn":["1939-1374","2372-0204"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Services Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.44999998807907104,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1033837361","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"0123/2022/AFJ","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321655","funder_display_name":"Science and Technology Development Fund"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5586935709","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2023A1515011915","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337111","funder_display_name":"Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G605460724","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62102408","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6101015704","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62072451","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6248574994","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2021TQ06X990","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320336642","funder_display_name":"Guangdong Special Support Plan"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7672641152","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"92267105","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7767482105","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62272152","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321655","display_name":"Science and Technology Development Fund","ror":"https://ror.org/044vr6g03"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320336642","display_name":"Guangdong Special Support Plan","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337111","display_name":"Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":44,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2080346852","https://openalex.org/W2104237724","https://openalex.org/W2195423816","https://openalex.org/W2320242814","https://openalex.org/W2594560857","https://openalex.org/W2615459164","https://openalex.org/W2624989916","https://openalex.org/W2751904527","https://openalex.org/W2800205258","https://openalex.org/W2907136369","https://openalex.org/W2909223573","https://openalex.org/W2920290726","https://openalex.org/W2977989413","https://openalex.org/W3000194269","https://openalex.org/W3002486958","https://openalex.org/W3005566700","https://openalex.org/W3009963213","https://openalex.org/W3018740610","https://openalex.org/W3022321359","https://openalex.org/W3025171141","https://openalex.org/W3034730089","https://openalex.org/W3082989441","https://openalex.org/W3088518202","https://openalex.org/W3094130405","https://openalex.org/W3107134109","https://openalex.org/W3107242135","https://openalex.org/W3133913697","https://openalex.org/W3140381130","https://openalex.org/W3155400008","https://openalex.org/W3161646632","https://openalex.org/W3175112753","https://openalex.org/W3182967956","https://openalex.org/W3201218664","https://openalex.org/W3216768220","https://openalex.org/W4213418679","https://openalex.org/W4221024145","https://openalex.org/W4293198317","https://openalex.org/W4297563113","https://openalex.org/W4317794990","https://openalex.org/W4318954397","https://openalex.org/W4321608256","https://openalex.org/W4324134937","https://openalex.org/W4328007710","https://openalex.org/W4387164682"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4200420173","https://openalex.org/W4225987626","https://openalex.org/W3120617837","https://openalex.org/W3127808443","https://openalex.org/W2916011811","https://openalex.org/W3165131088","https://openalex.org/W3085455012","https://openalex.org/W3179651706","https://openalex.org/W2785873404","https://openalex.org/W4396605099"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Mobile":[0],"edge":[1,13],"computing":[2,27,78,109],"emerges":[3],"to":[4,111,144,168],"serve":[5],"mobile":[6],"users":[7,20],"with":[8,18,177,212],"low-latency":[9],"computation":[10],"offloading":[11,49,64,102,124,166],"in":[12,82,115,173],"networks,":[14],"which":[15,104,133],"are":[16],"resource-constrained":[17],"massive":[19],"and":[21,26,74,108,152,199,209,218],"workloads.":[22],"However,":[23],"existing":[24],"communication":[25],"resource":[28,79,86,90,117],"allocation":[29,80],"schemes":[30,81],"for":[31,52],"offloaded":[32],"tasks":[33,39,217],"aren't":[34],"efficient":[35,100,164],"enough,":[36],"where":[37,66],"finished":[38],"still":[40],"occupy":[41],"resources,":[42],"wasting":[43],"constrained":[44],"resources.":[45],"Besides,":[46],"the":[47,122,127,139,154,195,206,213],"multi-user":[48],"is":[50,134],"usually":[51],"scenarios":[53,65,84],"of":[54,156,190,197,216],"one":[55],"task":[56],"per":[57],"user,":[58],"ignoring":[59],"real-world":[60],"<italic":[61],"xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"":[62],"xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">multi-task</i>":[63],"each":[67,130],"user":[68],"has":[69],"multiple":[70],"tasks,":[71,113],"lack":[72],"generality":[73],"flexibility.":[75],"Meanwhile,":[76],"local":[77],"multi-task":[83,101,123,165],"ignore":[85],"readjustment,":[87],"causing":[88],"low":[89],"utilization.":[91,118],"To":[92],"solve":[93],"these":[94],"problems,":[95],"we":[96,137],"propose":[97],"ECO-GAME,":[98,198],"an":[99,163,170],"scheme,":[103],"dynamically":[105],"allocates":[106],"bandwidth":[107],"resources":[110],"unfinished":[112],"resulting":[114],"high":[116],"We":[119,160,181],"initially":[120],"formulate":[121],"problem":[125],"as":[126],"game":[128,140],"minimizing":[129],"user's":[131,146],"cost,":[132],"NP-hard.":[135],"Thus":[136],"re-formulate":[138],"utilizing":[141,188],"potential":[142],"games":[143],"optimize":[145],"objective":[147],"either":[148],"locally":[149],"or":[150],"globally,":[151],"prove":[153],"existence":[155],"its":[157],"Nash":[158],"equilibrium.":[159],"then":[161],"design":[162],"algorithm":[167],"obtain":[169],"approximate":[171],"solution":[172],"polynomial":[174],"time,":[175],"together":[176],"computational":[178],"complexity":[179],"analysis.":[180],"further":[182],"conduct":[183],"performance":[184],"evaluation":[185],"on":[186],"ECO-GAME":[187,201],"price":[189],"anarchy.":[191],"Numerical":[192],"results":[193],"demonstrate":[194],"efficiency":[196],"show":[200],"reduces":[202],"49.2%":[203],"cost":[204],"over":[205],"state-of-the-art":[207],"work,":[208],"scales":[210],"well":[211],"increasing":[214],"number":[215],"users.":[219]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}