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This paper identifies a manifold in the space of bimatrix games which contains games that are strategically equivalent to rank-1 games through a positive affine transformation. It also presents an algorithm that can compute, in polynomial…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Joseph L. Heyman

Two-player games on graphs is central in many problems in formal verification and program analysis such as synthesis and verification of open systems. In this work we consider solving recursive game graphs (or pushdown game graphs) that can…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Krishnendu Chatterjee , Yaron Velner

The UNIQUE GAMES problem is a central problem in algorithms and complexity theory. Given an instance of UNIQUE GAMES, the STRONG UNIQUE GAMES problem asks to find the largest subset of vertices, such that the UNIQUE GAMES instance induced…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Suprovat Ghoshal , Anand Louis

We present a quasipolynomial-time algorithm for solving the weak membership problem for the convex set of separable, i.e. non-entangled, bipartite density matrices. The algorithm decides whether a density matrix is separable or whether it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-13 Fernando G. S. L. Brandao , Matthias Christandl , Jon Yard

How to design fair and (computationally) efficient voting rules is a central challenge in Computational Social Choice. In this paper, we aim at designing efficient algorithms for computing most equitable rules for large classes of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Lirong Xia

Nonzero-sum stochastic differential games with impulse controls offer a realistic and far-reaching modelling framework for applications within finance, energy markets, and other areas, but the difficulty in solving such problems has…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-29 Diego Zabaljauregui

We show that computing an equilibrium in atomic splittable congestion games with player-specific affine cost functions $l_{e,i}(x) = a_{e,i} x + b_{e,i}$ is $\mathsf{PPAD}$-complete. To prove that the problem is contained in…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-20 Max Klimm , Philipp Warode

This paper concerns the analysis of the Shapley value in matching games. Matching games constitute a fundamental class of cooperative games which help understand and model auctions and assignments. In a matching game, the value of a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-02 Haris Aziz , Bart de Keijzer

Parity games are infinite two-player games played on directed graphs. Parity game solvers are used in the domain of formal verification. This paper defines parametrized parity games and introduces an operation, Justify, that determines a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-02-03 Ruben Lapauw , Maurice Bruynooghe , Marc Denecker

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in games on graphs within the research community, fueled by their relevance in applications such as economics, politics, and epidemiology. This paper aims to comprehensively detail the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Christian Giannetti

A general issue in computational optimization is to develop combinatorial algorithms for semidefinite programming. We address this issue when the base field is nonarchimedean. We provide a solution for a class of semidefinite feasibility…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-09 Xavier Allamigeon , Stéphane Gaubert , Mateusz Skomra

The computation of the winning set for parity objectives and for Streett objectives in graphs as well as in game graphs are central problems in computer-aided verification, with application to the verification of closed systems with strong…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-03-14 Krishnendu Chatterjee , Monika Henzinger , Veronika Loitzenbauer

Long studied as a toy model, quantum zero-sum games have recently resurfaced as a canonical playground for modern areas such as non-local games, quantum interactive proofs, and quantum machine learning. In this simple yet fundamental…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Yiheng Su , Emmanouil-Vasileios Vlatakis-Gkaragkounis , Pucheng Xiong

We describe a new complete algorithm for computing Nash equilibrium in multiplayer general-sum games, based on a quadratically-constrained feasibility program formulation. We demonstrate that the algorithm runs significantly faster than the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Sam Ganzfried

Matching games naturally generalize assignment games, a well-known class of cooperative games. Interest in matching games has grown recently due to some breakthrough results and new applications. This state-of-the-art survey provides an…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Márton Benedek , Péter Biró , Matthew Johnson , Daniël Paulusma , Xin Ye

The stable marriage and stable roommates problems have been extensively studied due to their high applicability in various real-world scenarios. However, it might happen that no stable solution exists, or stable solutions do not meet…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-29 Kristóf Bérczi , Gergely Csáji , Tamás Király

We show that the perfect matching problem in general graphs is in Quasi-NC. That is, we give a deterministic parallel algorithm which runs in $O(\log^3 n)$ time on $n^{O(\log^2 n)}$ processors. The result is obtained by a derandomization of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-09-14 Ola Svensson , Jakub Tarnawski

In this paper, we demonstrate that in many NP-complete variants of the stable matching problem, such as the Stable Hypergraph Matching problem, the Stable Multicommodity Flow problem, and the College Admission problem with common quotas, a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Gergely Csáji

We study the computability of the operator norm of a matrix with respect to norms induced by linear operators. Our findings reveal that this problem can be solved exactly in polynomial time in certain situations, and we discuss how it can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-23 Adrian Kulmburg

Whether a PTAS (polynomial-time approximation scheme) exists for game equilibria has been an open question, and its absence has indications and consequences in three fields: the practicality of methods in algorithmic game theory,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Hongbo Sun , Chongkun Xia , Junbo Tan , Bo Yuan , Xueqian Wang , Bin Liang