Game theory meets wireless sensor networks security requirements and threats mitigation: A survey

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Electronics & Communications Engineering Department

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https://doi.org/10.3390/s16071003

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Research Article

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Sensors (Switzerland)

Publication Date

6-29-2016

doi

10.3390/s16071003

Abstract

© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. We present a study of using game theory for protecting wireless sensor networks (WSNs) from selfish behavior or malicious nodes. Due to scalability, low complexity and disseminated nature of WSNs, malicious attacks can be modeled effectively using game theory. In this study, we survey the different game-theoretic defense strategies for WSNs. We present a taxonomy of the game theory approaches based on the nature of the attack, whether it is caused by an external attacker or it is the result of an internal node acting selfishly or maliciously. We also present a general trust model using game theory for decision making. We, finally, identify the significant role of evolutionary games for WSNs security against intelligent attacks; then, we list several prospect applications of game theory to enhance the data trustworthiness and node cooperation in different WSNs.

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