An approach to compare organization modes of active agents and control methods

When interacting, active agents can behave independently, cooperate, or have hierarchical relations. In turn, a hierarchical impact may be exerted by administrative or economic methods with or without feedback. These organizational modes and control methods are systematically described based on game-theoretic models with different information structures without uncertainty. It seems crucial to compare the payoffs of separate agents quantitatively with social welfare under the organization modes and control methods. A methodology is proposed to build the systems of social and individual preferences in normal form games and determine shares when allocating the cooperative payoff. A system of relative efficiency indices is developed for detailed quantitative assessment. This methodology is illustrated by several Cournot oligopoly models.