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We introduce Value Coalition Logic, a typed assignment-based reconstruction of classical coalition logic. The strategic semantics is unchanged: coalitional ability is still interpreted by the standard one-step game-form clause. The change…

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We study the mathematical properties of bilateral state-based modal logic (BSML), a modal logic employing state-based semantics (also known as team semantics), which has been used to account for free choice inferences and related linguistic…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-01-13 Maria Aloni , Aleksi Anttila , Fan Yang

This paper aims to solve two fundamental problems on finite or infinite horizon dynamic games with perfect or almost perfect information. Under some mild conditions, we prove (1) the existence of subgame-perfect equilibria in general…

Economics · Quantitative Finance 2015-04-01 Wei He , Yeneng Sun

Model checking of strategic abilities is a notoriously hard problem, even more so in the realistic case of agents with imperfect information, acting in a stochastic environment. Assume-guarantee reasoning can be of great help here,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Wojciech Jamroga , Damian Kurpiewski , Łukasz Mikulski

Matrix games constitute a fundamental problem of game theory and describe a situation of two players with completely conflicting interests. We show how methods from statistical mechanics can be used to investigate the statistical properties…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Berg , A. Engel

We introduce and study an evolutionary complementarity game where in each round a player of population 1 is paired with a member of population 2. The game is symmetric, and each player tries to obtain an advantageous deal, but when one of…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-06-26 Juergen Jost , Wei Li

The formal study of coalition formation in multi-agent systems is typically realized in the framework of hedonic games, which originate from economic theory. The main focus of this branch of research has been on the existence and the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Felix Brandt , Martin Bullinger , Anaëlle Wilczynski

n infinite two-player zero-sum game with a Borel winning set, in which the opponent's actions are monitored eventually but not necessarily immediately after they are played, is determined. The proof relies on a representation of the game as…

Logic · Mathematics 2011-07-06 Eran Shmaya

We study games with incomplete information and characterize when a feasible outcome is Pareto efficient. Outcomes with excessive randomization are inefficient: generically, the total number of action profiles across states must be strictly…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-12-09 Itai Arieli , Yakov Babichenko , Atulya Jain , Rann Smorodinsky

We consider zero-sum stochastic games with finite state and action spaces, perfect information, mean payoff criteria, without any irreducibility assumption on the Markov chains associated to strategies (multichain games). The value of such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-08-03 Marianne Akian , Jean Cochet-Terrasson , Sylvie Detournay , Stéphane Gaubert

Advancing our understanding of human behavior hinges on the ability of theories to unveil the mechanisms underlying such behaviors. Measuring the ability of theories and models to predict unobserved behaviors provides a principled method to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-04-28 Sergio Cobo-Lopez , Antonia Godoy-Lorite , Jordi Duch , Marta Sales-Pardo , Roger Guimera

This paper proposes a new equilibrium concept "robust perfect equilibrium" for non-cooperative games with a continuum of players, incorporating three types of perturbations. Such an equilibrium is shown to exist (in symmetric mixed…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2021-05-06 Enxian Chen , Lei Qiao , Xiang Sun , Yeneng Sun

This paper studies the optimization of strategies in the context of possibly randomized two players zero-sum games with incomplete information. We compare 5 algorithms for tuning the parameters of strategies over a benchmark of 12 games. A…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-06 Marie-Liesse Cauwet , Olivier Teytaud

This paper investigates the potential benefits of cooperation in scenarios where finitely many agents compete for shared resources, leading to congestion and thereby reduced rewards. By appropriate coordination the members of the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Riya Sultana , Veeraruna Kavitha

We study a class of stochastic dynamic games that exhibit strategic complementarities between players; formally, in the games we consider, the payoff of a player has increasing differences between her own state and the empirical…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2010-12-13 Sachin Adlakha , Ramesh Johari

This work presents a novel policy iteration algorithm to tackle nonzero-sum stochastic impulse games arising naturally in many applications. Despite the obvious impact of solving such problems, there are no suitable numerical methods…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-29 René Aïd , Francisco Bernal , Mohamed Mnif , Diego Zabaljauregui , Jorge P. Zubelli

Achieving seamless coordination in cooperative games is a crucial challenge in artificial intelligence, particularly when players operate under incomplete information. While communication helps, it is not always feasible. In this paper, we…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Shenghui Chen , Shufang Zhu , Giuseppe De Giacomo , Ufuk Topcu

We identify a subtle security issue that impacts mechanism design in scenarios in which agents can absolutely commit to strategies. Absolute commitments allow the strategy of an agent to depend on the commitments made by the other agents.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Daji Landis , Nikolaj I. Schwartzbach

Coalition Logic is an important logic in logical research on strategic reasoning. In two recent papers, Li and Ju argued that generally, concurrent game models, models of Coalition Logic, have three too strong assumptions: seriality,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Zixuan Chen , Fengkui Ju

We present a novel variant of fictitious play dynamics combining classical fictitious play with Q-learning for stochastic games and analyze its convergence properties in two-player zero-sum stochastic games. Our dynamics involves players…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Muhammed O. Sayin , Francesca Parise , Asuman Ozdaglar