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In this paper, we consider a system of forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) with monotone functionals. We show the existence and uniqueness of such a system by the method of continuation similarly to Peng and Wu…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Saran Ahuja , Weiluo Ren , Tzu-Wei Yang

The purpose of this work is to introduce a notion of weak solution to the master equation of a potential mean field game and to prove that existence and uniqueness hold under quite general assumptions. Remarkably, this is achieved without…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-30 Alekos Cecchin , François Delarue

We develop a probabilistic approach to continuous-time finite state mean field games. Based on an alternative description of continuous-time Markov chain by means of semimartingale and the weak formulation of stochastic optimal control, our…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-08-24 Rene Carmona , Peiqi Wang

The goal of the paper is to introduce a formulation of the mean field game with major and minor players as a fixed point on a space of controls. This approach emphasizes naturally the role played by McKean-Vlasov dynamics in some of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Rene Carmona , Peiqi Wang

In this paper, we study the well-posedness (existence and uniqueness) of the Master Equation of Mean Field Games under invariance-type conditions, otherwise known as viability conditions for the controlled dynamics. The interior regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-15 Antonios Zitridis

We study a toy model of linear-quadratic mean field game with delay. We "lift" the delayed dynamic into an infinite dimensional space, and recast the mean field game system which is made of a forward Kolmogorov equation and a backward…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-08-21 Jean-Pierre Fouque , Zhaoyu Zhang

This paper is concerned with a Stackelberg game of backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) with partial information, where the information of the follower is a sub-$\sigma$-algebra of that of the leader. Necessary and sufficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-24 Yueyang Zheng , Jingtao Shi

This paper studies a stochastic mean-field linear-quadratic Stackelberg differential game with random coefficients. The interaction between mean-field terms and random coefficients precludes the direct use of conventional decoupling…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Ying Yang , Jie Xiong , Zhouyu Wang

Mean Field Games (MFGs) can potentially scale multi-agent systems to extremely large populations of agents. Yet, most of the literature assumes a single initial distribution for the agents, which limits the practical applications of MFGs.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Sarah Perrin , Mathieu Laurière , Julien Pérolat , Romuald Élie , Matthieu Geist , Olivier Pietquin

We consider N-player and mean field games in continuous time over a finite horizon, where the position of each agent belongs to {-1,1}. If there is uniqueness of mean field game solutions, e.g. under monotonicity assumptions, then the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-06 Alekos Cecchin , Paolo Dai Pra , Markus Fischer , Guglielmo Pelino

We establish the existence and uniqueness of distributed equilibria to possibly nonsymmetric $N$ player differential games with interactions through controls under displacement semimonotonicity assumptions. Surprisingly, the nonseparable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Hei Jie Lam , Alpár R. Mészáros

This paper considers a linear-quadratic (LQ) mean field control problem involving a major player and a large number of minor players, where the dynamics and costs depend on random parameters. The objective is to optimize a social cost as a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-09 Minyi Huang , Son Luu Nguyen

We discuss an open-loop backward Stackelberg differential game involving single leader and single follower. Unlike most Stackelberg game literature, the state to be controlled is characterized by a backward stochastic differential equation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Xinwei Feng , Ying Hu , Jianhui Huang

In this paper, we consider both finite and infinite horizon discounted dynamic mean-field games where there is a large population of homogeneous players sequentially making strategic decisions and each player is affected by other players…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-23 Deepanshu Vasal

We prove stochastic homogenization for a class of non-convex and non-coercive first-order Hamilton-Jacobi equations in a finite-range-dependence environment for Hamiltonians that can be expressed by a max-min formula. Exploiting the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-30 Andrea Davini , Raimundo Saona , Bruno Ziliotto

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

This paper investigates the design of optimal strategy revision in Population Games (PG) by establishing its connection to finite-state Mean Field Games (MFG). Specifically, by linking Evolutionary Dynamics (ED) -- which models agent…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Julian Barreiro-Gomez , Shinkyu Park

A linear quadratic (LQ) stochastic optimization system involving large population, which is driven by forward-backward stochastic differential equation (FBSDE), is investigated in this paper. Agents cooperate with each other to minimize the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Guangchen Wang , Shujun Wang , Jie Xiong

The rigorous linking of exact stochastic models to mean-field approximations is studied. Starting from the differential equation point of view the stochastic model is identified by its Kolmogorov equations, which is a system of linear ODEs…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-09-19 András Bátkai , Istvan Z. Kiss , Eszter Sikolya , Péter L. Simon

We investigate a stochastic differential game in which a major player has a private information (the knowledge of a random variable), which she discloses through her control to a population of small players playing in a Nash Mean Field Game…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Philippe Bergault , Pierre Cardaliaguet , Catherine Rainer