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In two-player zero-sum stochastic games, where two competing players make decisions under uncertainty, a pair of optimal strategies is traditionally described by Nash equilibrium and computed under the assumption that the players have…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-30 Yagiz Savas , Mohamadreza Ahmadi , Takashi Tanaka , Ufuk Topcu

We study a stochastic game where one player tries to find a strategy such that the state process reaches a target of controlled-loss-type, no matter which action is chosen by the other player. We provide, in a general setup, a relaxed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-04-29 Bruno Bouchard , Ludovic Moreau , Marcel Nutz

This paper presents a learning dynamic with almost sure convergence guarantee for any stochastic game with turn-based controllers (on state transitions) as long as stage-payoffs induce a zero-sum or identical-interest game. Stage-payoffs…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-11 Muhammed O. Sayin

We consider an n-player symmetric stochastic game with weak interaction between the players. Time is continuous and the horizon and the number of states are finite. We show that the value function of each of the players can be approximated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-13 Erhan Bayraktar , Asaf Cohen

We study best-response type learning dynamics for zero-sum polymatrix games under two information settings. The two settings are distinguished by the type of information that each player has about the game and their opponents' strategy. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Fathima Zarin Faizal , Asuman Ozdaglar , Martin J. Wainwright

A two-person zero-sum differential game with unbounded controls is considered. Under proper coercivity conditions, the upper and lower value functions are characterized as the unique viscosity solutions to the corresponding upper and lower…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-02-20 Hong Qiu , Jiongmin Yong

A stochastic model for behavioral changes by imitative pair interactions of individuals is developed. `Microscopic' assumptions on the specific form of the imitative processes lead to a stochastic version of the game dynamical equations.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dirk Helbing

One of the contributions of this work is to formulate the problem of energy-efficient power control in multiple access channels (namely, channels which comprise several transmitters and one receiver) as a stochastic differential game. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-05-14 François Mériaux , Samson Lasaulce , Hamidou Tembine

In the present paper we consider one class of zero-sum games with discontinuous payoffs which may have no solutions in the sets of pure or mixed strategies. We show that, however, the solution always exists in the set of so-called $\mathcal…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-10-15 V. Derr , D. Kinzebulatov

A zero-sum two person Perfect Information Stochastic game (PISG) under limiting average payoff has a value and both the maximiser and the minimiser have optimal pure stationary strategies. Firstly we form the matrix of undiscounted payoffs…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-15 K. G. Bakshi , S. Sinha

One of the proposed solutions to the equilibrium selection problem for agents learning in repeated games is obtained via the notion of stochastic stability. Learning algorithms are perturbed so that the Markov chain underlying the learning…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-09 John Wicks , Amy Greenwald

Using methods from the statistical mechanics of disordered systems we analyze the properties of bimatrix games with random payoffs in the limit where the number of pure strategies of each player tends to infinity. We analytically calculate…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Johannes Berg

We consider zero sum stochastic games. For every discount factor $\lambda$, a time normalization allows to represent the game as being played on the interval [0, 1]. We introduce the trajectories of cumulated expected payoff and of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Sylvain Sorin , Guillaume Vigeral

We study agents competing against each other in a repeated network zero-sum game while applying the multiplicative weights update (MWU) algorithm with fixed learning rates. In our implementation, agents select their strategies…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-06 James P. Bailey , Sai Ganesh Nagarajan , Georgios Piliouras

In this paper, we formulate a two-player zero-sum game under dynamic constraints defined by hybrid dynamical equations. The game consists of a min-max problem involving a cost functional that depends on the actions and resulting solutions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Santiago J. Leudo , Ricardo G. Sanfelice

In this paper, a new method is proposed to compute the rolling Nash equilibrium of the time-invariant nonlinear two-person zero-sum differential games. The idea is to discretize the time to transform a differential game into a sequential…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-13 Wei Liao , Xiaohui Wei , Jizhou Lai

We consider Mean Field Games without idiosyncratic but with Brownian type common noise. We introduce a notion of solutions of the associated backward-forward system of stochastic partial differential equations. We show that the solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-28 Pierre Cardaliaguet , Panagiotis Souganidis

We propose a toy model for a stochastic description of the competition between two athletes of unequal strength, whose average strength difference is represented by a parameter $d$. The athletes interact through the choice of their…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-05-24 Cecile Appert-Rolland , Hendrik-Jan Hilhorst , Amandine Aftalion

We investigate mean field game systems under invariance conditions for the state space, otherwise called {\it viability conditions} for the controlled dynamics. First we analyze separately the Hamilton-Jacobi and the Fokker-Planck…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-18 Alessio Porretta , Michele Ricciardi

We study Recursive Concurrent Stochastic Games (RCSGs), extending our recent analysis of recursive simple stochastic games to a concurrent setting where the two players choose moves simultaneously and independently at each state. For…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Kousha Etessami , Mihalis Yannakakis