A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis of Participant Decision-Making Behavior in Mobile Crowdsourcing

Hanyun Hao, Jian Yang () and Jie Wang
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Hanyun Hao: School of Information, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China
Jian Yang: School of Information, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China
Jie Wang: School of Information, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China

Mathematics, 2023, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: With the rapid development of the Internet of Things and the popularity of numerous sensing devices, Mobile crowdsourcing (MCS) has become a paradigm for collecting sensing data and solving problems. However, most early studies focused on schemes of incentive mechanisms, task allocation and data quality control, which did not consider the influence and restriction of different behavioral strategies of stakeholders on the behaviors of other participants, and rarely applied dynamic system theory to analysis of participant behavior in mobile crowdsourcing. In this paper, we first propose a tripartite evolutionary game model of crowdsourcing workers, crowdsourcing platforms and task requesters. Secondly, we focus on the evolutionary stability strategies and evolutionary trends of different participants, as well as the influential factors, such as participants’ irrational personality, conflict of interest, punishment intensity, technical level and awareness of rights protection, to analyze the influence of different behavioral strategies on other participants. Thirdly, we verify the stability of the equilibrium point of the tripartite game system through simulation experiments. Finally, we summarize our work and provide related recommendations for governing agencies and different stakeholders to facilitate the continuous operation of the mobile crowdsourcing market and maximize social welfare.

Keywords: mobile crowdsourcing; tripartite evolutionary game; stability analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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