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This paper investigates an infinite-horizon problems in the one-dimensional calculus of variations, arising from the Ramsey model of endogeneous economic growth. Following Chichilnisky, we introduce an additional term, which models concern…

Economics · Quantitative Finance 2015-11-03 Ivar Ekeland , Yiming Long , Qinglong Zhou

This paper is concerned with a non-zero sum differential game problem of an anticipated forward-backward stochastic differential delayed equation under partial information. We establish a necessary maximum principle and sufficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-17 Yi Zhuang

We study optimal execution in markets with transient price impact in a competitive setting with $N$ traders. Motivated by prior negative results on the existence of pure Nash equilibria, we consider randomized strategies for the traders and…

Trading and Market Microstructure · Quantitative Finance 2026-05-19 Steven Campbell , Marcel Nutz

Reinforcement learning from self-play has recently reported many successes. Self-play, where the agents compete with themselves, is often used to generate training data for iterative policy improvement. In previous work, heuristic rules are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Yuanyi Zhong , Yuan Zhou , Jian Peng

We introduce a spatial economic growth model where space is described as a network of interconnected geographic locations and we study a corresponding finite-dimensional optimal control problem on a graph with state constraints. Economic…

This paper considers decentralized control and optimization methodologies for large populations of systems, consisting of several agents with different individual behaviors, constraints and interests, and affected by the aggregate behavior…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Sergio Grammatico , Francesca Parise , Marcello Colombino , John Lygeros

This paper develops a novel methodology to study robust stability properties of Nash equilibrium points in dynamic games. Small-gain techniques in modern mathematical control theory are used for the first time to derive conditions…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2010-01-12 Iasson Karafyllis , Zhong-Ping Jiang , George Athanasiou

This paper tackles the problem of solving stochastic optimization problems with a decision-dependent distribution in the setting of stochastic strongly-monotone games and when the distributional dependence is unknown. A two-stage approach…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-22 Killian Wood , Ahmed Zamzam , Emiliano Dall'Anese

The distributed computation of Nash equilibria is assuming growing relevance in engineering where such problems emerge in the context of distributed control. Accordingly, we present schemes for computing equilibria of two classes of static…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-17 Hao Jiang , Uday V. Shanbhag , Sean P. Meyn

We study a pointwise tracking optimal control problem for the two-dimensional local Cahn Hilliard Navier Stokes system, which models the evolution of two immiscible, incompressible fluids. The source term in the Cahn Hilliard equation acts…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Sheetal Dharmatti , Greeshma K

The computational study of equilibria involving constraints on players' strategies has been largely neglected. However, in real-world applications, players are usually subject to constraints ruling out the feasibility of some of their…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Martino Bernasconi , Matteo Castiglioni , Alberto Marchesi , Francesco Trovò , Nicola Gatti

We propose a new dynamics for equilibrium selection of finite player discrete strategy games. The dynamics is motivated by optimal transportation, and models individual players' myopicity, greedy and uncertainty when making decisions. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-26 Shui-Nee Chow , Wuchen Li , Jun Lu , Haomin Zhou

We consider a deterministic continuous time model of monopolistic firm, which chooses production and pricing strategies of a single good. Firm's goal is to maximize the discounted profit over infinite time horizon. The no-backlogging…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-01-19 Dmitry B. Rokhlin , Georgii Mironenko

Surveillance-Evasion (SE) games form an important class of adversarial trajectory-planning problems. We consider time-dependent SE games, in which an Evader is trying to reach its target while minimizing the cumulative exposure to a moving…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-09 Elliot Cartee , Lexiao Lai , Qianli Song , Alexander Vladimirsky

This paper considers the problem of designing time-dependent, real-time control policies for controllable nonlinear diffusion processes, with the goal of obtaining maximally-informative observations about parameters of interest. More…

Methodology · Statistics 2014-10-16 Giles Hooker , Kevin K. Lin , Bruce Rogers

This paper considers a time-varying game with $N$ players. Every time slot, players observe their own random events and then take a control action. The events and control actions affect the individual utilities earned by each player. The…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-02-04 Michael J. Neely

We study deterministic optimal control problems for differential games with finite horizon. We propose new approximations of the strategies in feedback form, and show error estimates and a convergence result of the value in some weak sense…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Olivier Bokanowski , Xavier Warin

We consider optimal control problems for partial differential equations where the controls take binary values but vary over the time horizon, they can thus be seen as dynamic switches. The switching patterns may be subject to combinatorial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Christoph Buchheim , Alexandra Grütering , Christian Meyer

This paper aims to reduce the communication and computation costs of the Nash equilibrium seeking strategy for the $N$-coalition noncooperative games proposed in [1]. The objective is achieved in two manners: 1. An interference graph is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-05 Maojiao Ye , Guoqiang Hu , Frank L. Lewis , Lihua Xie

We design a distributed algorithm to seek generalized Nash equilibria of a robust game with uncertain coupled constraints. Due to the uncertainty of parameters in set constraints, we aim to find a generalized Nash equilibrium in the worst…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-05 Gehui Xu , Guanpu Chen , Hongsheng Qi