Table 4 Karma design and modelling

From: Karma economies for sustainable urban mobility – a fair approach to public good value pricing

Design element

Modelling aspect

Currency

Parity

\({{\mathcal{A}}}_{k}\), \({\mathcal{O}}\)

Balance limits

\({\mathcal{K}}\)

Amount control

Constant

Initialization

Initial distribution

Redistribution

Redistribution function

Interaction

Price control

Payment function

Price limits

\({{\mathcal{A}}}_{k}\), Payment function

Resource provision

Problem-specific

Resource allocation

Outcome function

Counter-party

\({\mathcal{J}}\)

Peer selection

(Options by simulation module)

Decision-making

Optimal policy πp[τ, u, k, a]

Urgency process

Ψp, Urgency transition function

Temporal preference

T[τ], Discount factors

Transaction

Payment amount

Payment function

Payment receiver

Payment function,

 

Overflow Distribution function

Karma gain &

Payment function,

Karma lose

Overflow distribution function,

 

Redistribution function