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In the context of mean field games, with possible control of the diffusion coefficient, we consider a path-dependent version of the planning problem introduced by P.L. Lions: given a pair of marginal distributions $(\mu_0, \mu_1)$, find a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-19 Zhenjie Ren , Xiaolu Tan , Nizar Touzi , Junjian Yang

We present a framework for efficient extraction of the viscosity solutions of nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi equations with convex Hamiltonians. These viscosity solutions play a central role in areas such as front propagation, mean-field games,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Shi Jin , Nana Liu

This article examines mean-field-type game problems by means of a direct method. We provide various solvable examples beyond the classical linear-quadratic game problems. These include quadratic-quadratic games and games with power,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-23 Julian Barreiro-Gomez , Tyrone E. Duncan , Bozenna Pasik-Duncan , Hamidou Tembine

We prove a rate of convergence for finite element approximations of stationary, second-order mean field games with nondifferentiable Hamiltonians posed in general bounded polytopal Lipschitz domains with strongly monotone running costs. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Yohance A. P. Osborne , Iain Smears

In this paper, we study a class of risk-sensitive mean-field stochastic differential games. We show that under appropriate regularity conditions, the mean-field value of the stochastic differential game with exponentiated integral cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-11 Hamidou Tembine , Quanyan Zhu , Tamer Basar

We propose a numerical method for stationary Mean Field Games defined on a network. In this framework a correct approximation of the transition conditions at the vertices plays a crucial role. We prove existence, uniqueness and convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-23 Simone Cacace , Fabio Camilli , Claudio Marchi

The paper is devoted to the first-order mean field game system in the case when the distribution of players can contain atoms. The proposed definition of a generalized solution is based on the minimax approach to the Hamilton-Jacobi…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-04-21 Yurii Averboukh

We construct a semi-Lagrangian scheme for first-order, time-dependent, and non-local Mean Field Games. The convergence of the scheme to a weak solution of the system is analyzed by exploiting a key monotonicity property. To solve the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Elisabetta Carlini , Valentina Coscetti

Recently, the paper [12] introduces a derivative-free consensus-based particle method that finds the Nash equilibrium of non-convex multiplayer games, where it proves the global exponential convergence in the sense of mean-field law. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-21 Hui Huang , Jethro Warnett

We consider variational Mean Field Games endowed with a constraint on the maximal density of the distribution of players. Minimizers of the variational formulation are equilibria for a game where both the running cost and the final cost of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-19 Hugo Lavenant , Filippo Santambrogio

We introduce a simple class of mean field games with absorbing boundary over a finite time horizon. In the corresponding $N$-player games, the evolution of players' states is described by a system of weakly interacting It\^o equations with…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-09-28 Luciano Campi , Markus Fischer

We prove existence and uniqueness of classical solutions of the master equation for mean field game (MFG) systems with fractional and nonlocal diffusions. We cover a large class of L\'evy diffusions of order greater than one, including…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Espen Robstad Jakobsen , Artur Rutkowski

Mean-field theory has been extensively explored in decision analysis of {large-scale} (LS) systems but traditionally in ``pure" cooperative or competitive settings. This leads to the so-called mean-field game (MG) or mean-field team (MT).…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-30 Huang Jianhui , Qiu Zhenghong , Wang Shujun , Wu Zhen

Mean-field game theory relies on approximating games that are intractable to model due to a very large to infinite population of players. While these kinds of games can be solved analytically via the associated system of partial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Anna C. M. Thöni , Yoram Bachrach , Tal Kachman

This work considers stochastic differential games with a large number of players, whose costs and dynamics interact through the empirical distribution of both their states and their controls. We develop a new framework to prove convergence…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-03-24 Mathieu Laurière , Ludovic Tangpi

We consider a convexity constrained Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman-type obstacle problem for the value function of a zero-sum differential game with asymmetric information. We propose a convexity-preserving probabilistic numerical scheme for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Ľubomír Baňas , Giorgio Ferrari , Tsiry A. Randrianasolo

We consider the variational approach to prove the existence of solutions of second order stationary Mean Field Games on a bounded domain $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^{d}$, with Neumann boundary conditions, and with and without density…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-19 Alpár Richárd Mészáros , Francisco J. Silva

Mean-field games (MFGs) are models for large populations of competing rational agents that seek to optimize a suitable functional. In the case of congestion, this functional takes into account the difficulty of moving in high-density areas.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-05 David Evangelista , Rita Ferreira , Diogo A. Gomes , Levon Nurbekyan , Vardan Voskanyan

We calculate the standard deviation of (N1-N0), the difference of the number of agents choosing between the two alternatives of the minority game. Our approach is based on two approximations: we use the whole set of possible strategies,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Ines Caridi , Horacio Ceva

Solving Fredholm equations of the first kind is crucial in many areas of the applied sciences. In this work we adopt a probabilistic and variational point of view by considering a minimization problem in the space of probability measures…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-17 Francesca R. Crucinio , Valentin De Bortoli , Arnaud Doucet , Adam M. Johansen