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Mean Field Stochastic Games with Binary Action Spaces and Monotone Costs

Optimization and Control 2017-01-25 v1

Abstract

This paper considers mean field games in a multi-agent Markov decision process (MDP) framework. Each player has a continuum state and binary action. By active control, a player can bring its state to a resetting point. All players are coupled through their cost functions. The structural property of the individual strategies is characterized in terms of threshold policies when the mean field game admits a solution. We further introduce a stationary equation system of the mean field game and analyze uniqueness of its solution under positive externalities.

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@article{arxiv.1701.06661,
  title  = {Mean Field Stochastic Games with Binary Action Spaces and Monotone Costs},
  author = {Minyi Huang and Yan Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06661},
  year   = {2017}
}

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24 pages