TOPMG: Trust-Based Crowdsourcing through Multilateral Bargaining Game Theory
Panagiotis Charatsaris, Adedamola Adesokan, Aisha B Rahman, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Symeon Papavassiliou · 2024
Crowdsourcing plays a critical role in modern information gathering and task execution, yet it faces challenges regarding the task selection and equitable monetary incentives distribution. In this paper, we introduce the TOPMG framework, which addresses these challenges by enabling the workers to select tasks based on their historically experienced monetary incentives and the platforms’ trustworthiness. Specifically, the TOPMG framework utilizes a reinforcement learning approach based on the principles of Optimistic Q-learning with Upper Confidence Bound (OQ-UCB) algorithm, guiding the platform selection process by considering the workers’ monetary incentives, profit, and the platforms’ trustworthiness. Also, the proposed framework introduces a multilateral bargaining game to allocate the platforms’ monetary incentives to the workers by prioritizing their information contribution, fairness, and the platforms’ reputation. Simulation results demonstrate TOPMG’s operational dynamics, scalability, and efficacy, as well as its superiority over existing methodologies.