Title: A game theoretic approach to a network cloud storage problem,
Abstract: The use of game theory in the design and control of large scale networked
systems is becoming increasingly more important. In this paper, we follow this
approach to efficiently solve a network allocation problem motivated by
peer-to- peer cloud storage models as alternatives to classical centralized
cloud storage services. To this aim, we propose an allocation algorithm that
allows the units to use their neighbors to store a back up of their data. We
prove convergence, characterize the final allocation, and corroborate our
analysis with extensive numerical simulation that shows the good performance of
the algorithm in terms of scalability, complexity and structure of the
solution.