Researchers propose DualGFL, a novel Federated Learning framework with a Dual-level Game in cooperative-competitive environments.
DualGFL includes a lower-level hedonic game where clients form coalitions and an upper-level multi-attribute auction game where coalitions bid for training participation.
At the lower-level, DualGFL introduces a new auction-aware utility function and a Pareto-optimal partitioning algorithm to find a Pareto-optimal partition based on clients' preference profiles.
At the upper-level, DualGFL formulates a multi-attribute auction game with resource constraints and derives equilibrium bids to maximize coalitions' winning probabilities and profits.