Jun 10, 2021 · We show that, when users behave similarly and predictably, subsidies offer superior performance guarantees to tolls under similar budgetary ...

Feb 18, 2021 · This work compares the effectiveness of subsidies and tolls in incentivizing user behavior in congestion games.

In Theorem 1, in any congestion game, we show that under a similar budgetary constraint, the optimal subsidy offers better performance than the optimal toll; ...

This work compares the effectiveness of subsidies and tolls in incentivizing users in congestion games. The predominantly studied method of influencing user ...

We show that, when users behave similarly and predictably, subsidies offer comparable performance guarantees to tolls while requiring smaller monetary ...

We show that, when users behave similarly and predictably, subsidies offer superior performance guarantees to tolls under similar budgetary constraints; however ...

The use of taxes, subsidies, or a combination of the two have all been studied as tools that can be effective at improving efficiency in atomic congestion ...

Are rewards or penalties more effective in influencing user behavior? This work compares the effectiveness of subsidies and tolls in incentivizing users in ...

Oct 6, 2019 · We show that, when users behave similarly and predictably, subsidies offer comparable performance guarantees to tolls while requiring smaller ...

The Effectiveness of Subsidies and Tolls in Congestion Games. BL Ferguson, PN Brown, JR Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2021. 46*, 2021.