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This paper studies a type of rank-based mean field game in which competing agents strategically switch among multiple effort regimes. We propose an entropy regularized auxiliary problem where the switching decisions are randomized to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Zongxia Liang , Shu Wang , Xiang Yu

We study the convergence problem for mean field games with common noise and controlled volatility. We adopt the strategy recently put forth by Lauri\`ere and the second author, using the maximum principle to recast the convergence problem…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-10-20 Joe Jackson , Ludovic Tangpi

This paper investigates the well-posedness of a type of state constraint ergodic Mean Field Game system in a bounded domain in which the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation is paired with an infinite Dirichlet boundary condition. In this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-27 Mariya Sardarli

Spatial public goods games are characterized by high-dimensional state spaces and localized externalities, which pose significant challenges for achieving stable and widespread cooperation. Traditional approaches often struggle to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Jinshuo Yang , Zhaoqilin Yang , Wenjie Zhou , Xin Wang , Youliang Tian

In this article, from the viewpoint of control theory, we discuss the relationships among the commonly used monotonicity conditions that ensure the well-posedness of the solutions arising from problems of mean field games (MFGs) and mean…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-09 Alain Bensoussan , Ziyu Huang , Shanjian Tang , Sheung Chi Phillip Yam

In this paper, we investigate the existence and uniqueness of solutions to a stationary mean field game model introduced by J.-M. Lasry and P.-L. Lions. This model features a quadratic Hamiltonian with possibly singular congestion effects.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-08-01 Diogo A. Gomes , Hiroyoshi Mitake

Here, we establish the existence of weak solutions to a wide class of time-dependent monotone mean-field games (MFGs). These MFGs are given as a system of degenerate parabolic equations with initial and terminal conditions. To construct…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-14 Rita Ferreira , Diogo Gomes , Teruo Tada

This paper studies a discrete-time major-minor mean field game of stopping where the major player can choose either an optimal control or stopping time. We look for the relaxed equilibrium as a randomized stopping policy, which is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Xiang Yu , Jiacheng Zhang , Keyu Zhang , Zhou Zhou

Understanding and modeling pedestrian dynamics in dense crowds is a complex yet essential aspect of crowd management and urban planning. In this work, we investigate the dynamics of a dense crowd crossed by a cylindrical intruder using a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-05-29 Matteo Butano , Cécile Appert-Rolland , Denis Ullmo

In the spirit of the macroscopic crowd motion models with hard congestion (i.e. a strong density constraint $\rho\leq 1$) introduced by Maury {\it et al.} some years ago, we analyze a variant of the same models where diffusion of the agents…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-03 Alpár Richárd Mészáros , Filippo Santambrogio

This paper studies the convergence of mean field games with finite state space to mean field games with a continuous state space. We examine a space discretization of a diffusive dynamics, which is reminiscent of the Markov chain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Charles Bertucci , Alekos Cecchin

Congestion games are popular models often used to study the system-level inefficiencies caused by selfish agents, typically measured by the price of anarchy. One may expect that aligning the agents' preferences with the system-level…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Bryce L Ferguson , Dario Paccagnan , Bary S R Pradelski , Jason R Marden

We address the multi-agent motion planning problem where interactions, collisions, and congestion co-exist. Conventional game-theoretic planners capture interactions among agents but often converge to conservative, congested equilibria.…

We study discrete-time, finite-state mean-field games (MFGs) under model uncertainty, where agents face ambiguity about the state transition probabilities. Each agent maximizes its expected payoff against the worst-case transitions within…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Zongxia Liang , Zhou Zhou , Yaqi Zhuang , Bin Zou

Traffic congestion has become an inevitable challenge in large cities due to population increases and expansion of urban areas. Various approaches are introduced to mitigate traffic issues, encompassing from expanding the road…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-06 Ali Ghafelebashi , Meisam Razaviyayn , Maged Dessouky

We study a model of selfish resource allocation that seeks to incorporate dependencies among resources as they exist in modern networked environments. Our model is inspired by utility functions with constant elasticity of substitution (CES)…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-04 Matthias Feldotto , Lennart Leder , Alexander Skopalik

Most algorithmic studies on multi-agent information design so far have focused on the restricted situation with no inter-agent externalities; a few exceptions investigated truly strategic games such as zero-sum games and second-price…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Chenghan Zhou , Thanh H. Nguyen , Haifeng Xu

This paper considers mean field games in a multi-agent Markov decision process (MDP) framework. Each player has a continuum state and binary action, and benefits from the improvement of the condition of the overall population. Based on an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Minyi Huang , Yan Ma

We formulate a mean field game where each player stops a privately observed Brownian motion with absorption. Players are ranked according to their level of stopping and rewarded as a function of their relative rank. There is a unique mean…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Marcel Nutz , Yuchong Zhang

Congestion games model a wide variety of real-world resource congestion problems, such as selfish network routing, traffic route guidance in congested areas, taxi fleet optimization and crowd movement in busy areas. However, existing…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2012-10-19 Asrar Ahmed , Pradeep Varakantham , Shih-Fen Cheng