Decentralized coordination and digital contracting are becoming critical in complex industrial ecosystems, yet existing approaches often rely on ad hoc heuristics or purely technical blockchain implementations without a rigorous economic foundation. This study develops a mechanism design framework for smart contract-based resource allocation that explicitly embeds efficiency and fairness in decentralized coordination. We establish the existence and uniqueness of contract equilibria, extending classical results in mechanism design, and introduce a decentralized price adjustment algorithm with provable convergence guarantees that can be implemented in real time. To evaluate performance, we combine extensive synthetic benchmarks with a proof-of-concept real-world dataset (MovieLens). The synthetic tests probe robustness under fee volatility, participation shocks, and dynamic demand, while the MovieLens case study illustrates how the mechanism can balance efficiency and fairness in realistic allocation environments. Results demonstrate that the proposed mechanism achieves substantial improvements in both efficiency and equity while remaining resilient to abrupt perturbations, confirming its stability beyond steady state analysis. The findings highlight broad managerial and policy relevance for supply chains, logistics, energy markets, healthcare resource allocation, and public infrastructure, where transparent and auditable coordination is increasingly critical. By combining theoretical rigor with empirical validation, the study shows how digital contracts can serve not only as technical artifacts but also as institutional instruments for transparency, accountability, and resilience in high-stakes resource allocation.
翻译:去中心化协调与数字合约在复杂工业生态系统中正变得至关重要,但现有方法通常依赖于临时启发式或纯粹技术性的区块链实现,缺乏严谨的经济学基础。本研究开发了一个基于智能合约的资源分配机制设计框架,明确将效率和公平性嵌入去中心化协调过程。我们建立了合约均衡的存在性与唯一性,扩展了机制设计中的经典结果,并引入了一种具有可证明收敛保证的去中心化价格调整算法,该算法可实现实时执行。为评估性能,我们结合了广泛的合成基准测试与概念验证现实数据集(MovieLens)。合成测试探究了在费用波动、参与冲击和动态需求下的鲁棒性,而MovieLens案例研究则说明了该机制如何在现实分配环境中平衡效率与公平性。结果表明,所提出的机制在效率和公平性两方面均实现了显著提升,同时对突发扰动保持韧性,证实了其在稳态分析之外的稳定性。这些发现凸显了其在供应链、物流、能源市场、医疗资源分配和公共基础设施等领域的广泛管理及政策相关性,这些领域对透明且可审计的协调机制的需求日益增长。通过将理论严谨性与实证验证相结合,本研究展示了数字合约不仅可作为技术制品,更能作为高风险资源分配中实现透明度、问责制和韧性的制度工具。