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In this work, we investigate the distributed generalized Nash equilibrium (GNE) seeking problems for $N$-coalition games with inequality constraints. First, we study the scenario where each agent in a coalition has full information of all…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Chao Sun , Guoqiang Hu

We consider repeated allocation of a shared resource via a non-monetary mechanism, wherein a single item must be allocated to one of multiple agents in each round. We assume that each agent has i.i.d. values for the item across rounds, and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-07 David X. Lin , Siddhartha Banerjee , Giannis Fikioris , Éva Tardos

We introduce a dynamic mechanism design problem in which the designer wants to offer for sale an item to an agent, and another item to the same agent at some point in the future. The agent's joint distribution of valuations for the two…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Christos Papadimitriou , George Pierrakos , Christos-Alexandros Psomas , Aviad Rubinstein

In this paper, we study a distributed privacy-preserving learning problem in social networks with general topology. The agents can communicate with each other over the network, which may result in privacy disclosure, since the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Youming Tao , Shuzhen Chen , Feng Li , Dongxiao Yu , Jiguo Yu , Hao Sheng

We consider a demand management problem of an energy community, in which several users obtain energy from an external organization such as an energy company, and pay for the energy according to pre-specified prices that consist of a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Xupeng Wei , Achilleas Anastasopoulos

The majority of distributed learning literature focuses on convergence to Nash equilibria. Correlated equilibria, on the other hand, can often characterize more efficient collective behavior than even the best Nash equilibrium. However,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-08 Holly P. Borowski , Jason R. Marden , Jeff S. Shamma

A recurring theme in recent computer science literature is that proper design of signaling schemes is a crucial aspect of effective mechanisms aiming to optimize social welfare or revenue. One of the research endeavors of this line of work…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-07 Moran Feldman , Moshe Tennenholtz , Omri Weinstein

The problem of distributed rate maximization in multi-channel ALOHA networks is considered. First, we study the problem of constrained distributed rate maximization, where user rates are subject to total transmission probability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-05-25 Kobi Cohen , Amir Leshem

We study the design of optimal allocation mechanisms in an environment where agents and goods arrive stochastically. Agents have private types that determine the principal payoff. Either agents or goods can be held in a queue at a flow cost…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2026-02-05 Zihao Li , Xuandong Chen

Large scale systems are forecasted to greatly impact our future lives thanks to their wide ranging applications including cooperative robotics, mobility on demand, resource allocation, supply chain management. While technological…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Dario Paccagnan

Distributed learning has gained significant attention due to its advantages in scalability, privacy, and fault tolerance.In this paradigm, multiple agents collaboratively train a global model by exchanging parameters only with their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Ziqin Chen , Yongqiang Wang

In this paper, we consider a distributed learning problem in a subnetwork zero-sum game, where agents are competing in different subnetworks. These agents are connected through time-varying graphs where each agent has its own cost function…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-05 Shijie Huang , Jinlong Lei , Yiguang Hong , Uday V. Shanbhag , Jie Chen

This paper presents a new distributed algorithm that leverages heavy-ball momentum and a consensus-based gradient method to find a Nash equilibrium (NE) in a class of non-cooperative convex games with unconstrained action sets. In this…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Duong Thuy Anh Nguyen , Duong Tung Nguyen , Angelia Nedich

We design a distributed algorithm for learning Nash equilibria over time-varying communication networks in a partial-decision information scenario, where each agent can access its own cost function and local feasible set, but can only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Mattia Bianchi , Sergio Grammatico

We study the open question of how players learn to play a social optimum pure-strategy Nash equilibrium (PSNE) through repeated interactions in general-sum coordination games. A social optimum of a game is the stable Pareto-optimal state…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-26 Duong Nguyen , Langford White , Hung Nguyen

This paper proposes a distributed algorithm to find the Nash equilibrium in a class of non-cooperative convex games with partial-decision information. Our method employs a distributed projected gradient play approach alongside consensus…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Duong Thuy Anh Nguyen , Duong Tung Nguyen , Angelia Nedić

We consider the problem of distributed learning, where a network of agents collectively aim to agree on a hypothesis that best explains a set of distributed observations of conditionally independent random processes. We propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-12 Angelia Nedić , Alex Olshevsky , César A. Uribe

This paper studies distributed resource allocation problem in multi-agent systems, where all the agents cooperatively minimize the sum of their cost functions with global resource constraints over stochastic communication networks. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Tie Ding , Shanying Zhu , Cailian Chen , Xinping Guan

This work is concerned with the problem of distributed resource allocation in continuous-time setting but with discrete-time communication over infinitely jointly connected and balanced digraphs. We provide a passivity-based perspective for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-01-18 Lanlan Su , Mengmou Li , Vijay Gupta , Graziano Chesi

The decisions that human beings make to allocate time has significant bearing on economic output and to the sustenance of social networks. The time allocation problem motivates our formal analysis of the resource allocation game, where…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-28 Wei-Chun Lee , Vasilis Livanos , Ruta Mehta , Hari Sundaram