In many cooperative networks, individuals participate actively as long as they recognize a sufficient value in participation, which depends not only on the number, but also on the attributes of other participating members. In this paper, we present a generalized model of individuals participation in such networks, and a strategy to maximize the number of participating individuals. Unlike most of the existing literature, our model incorporates both the network structure and the heterogeneity of individuals in terms of their attributes and resources.

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering

930-946

2327-4697

10.1109/TNSE.2019.2893584