Sustainable Incentives for Mobile Crowdsensing: Auctions, Lotteries, and Trust and Reputation Systems

TL;DR

This paper reviews various incentive mechanisms for mobile crowdsensing, emphasizing sustainability, including auctions, lotteries, and trust systems, and explores additional promising frameworks like bargaining and market-driven approaches.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive exposition of six incentive mechanisms for mobile crowdsensing, highlighting design principles and sustainability considerations.

Findings

Analysis of six incentive mechanisms with focus on sustainability

Identification of three promising frameworks: bargaining, contract, market-driven

Guidelines for designing effective incentive systems in crowdsensing

Abstract

Proper incentive mechanisms are critical for mobile crowdsensing systems to motivate people to actively and persistently participate. This article provides an exposition of design principles of six incentive mechanisms, drawing special attention to the sustainability issue. We cover three primary classes of incentive mechanisms: auctions, lotteries, and trust and reputation systems, as well as three other frameworks of promising potential: bargaining games, contract theory, and market-driven mechanisms.