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Mean field games are concerned with the limit of large-population stochastic differential games where the agents interact through their empirical distribution. In the classical setting, the number of players is large but fixed throughout…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-30 Julien Claisse , Zhenjie Ren , Xiaolu Tan

Quantum walks are widely and successfully used to model diverse physical processes. This leads to computation of the models, to explore their properties. Quantum walks have also been shown to be universal for quantum computing. This is a…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-04-06 Viv Kendon

We define a distance metric between partitions of a graph using machinery from optimal transport. Our metric is built from a linear assignment problem that matches partition components, with assignment cost proportional to transport…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-23 Tara Abrishami , Nestor Guillen , Parker Rule , Zachary Schutzman , Justin Solomon , Thomas Weighill , Si Wu

We examine the routing problem for self-interested vehicles using stochastic decision strategies. By approximating the road latency functions and a non-linear variable transformation, we frame the problem as an aggregative game. We…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-09 Emilio Benenati , Sergio Grammatico

Measuring the distance between data points is fundamental to many statistical techniques, such as dimension reduction or clustering algorithms. However, improvements in data collection technologies has led to a growing versatility of…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-06-20 George Bolt , Simón Lunagómez , Christopher Nemeth

Temporal graphs are commonly used to represent time-resolved relations between entities in many natural and artificial systems. Many techniques were devised to investigate the evolution of temporal graphs by comparing their state at…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-11-20 Lorenzo Dall'Amico , Alain Barrat , Ciro Cattuto

We form a "map of tournaments" by adapting the map framework from the world of elections. By a tournament we mean a complete directed graph where the nodes are the players and an edge points from a winner of a game to the loser (with no…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Filip Nikolow , Piotr Faliszewski , Stanisław Szufa

In this work we developed a general approach to the problem of detecting and quantifying different kind of correlations in bipartite quantum systems. Our method is based on the use of distances between quantum states and processes. We rely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-27 D. G. Bussandri , A. P. Majtey , P. W. Lamberti , T. M. Osán

This study presents a quantitative framework to compare teams in collective sports with respect to their style of play. The style of play is characterized by the team's spatial distribution over a collection of frames. As a first step, we…

Applications · Statistics 2025-01-20 Ali Baouan , Mathieu Rosenbaum , Sergio Pulido

With increasing game size, a problem of computational complexity arises. This is especially true in real world problems such as in social systems, where there is a significant population of players involved in the game, and the complexity…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-12 Tatsuya Iwase , Takahiro Shiga

We investigate the resolution of second-order, potential, and monotone mean field games with the generalized conditional gradient algorithm, an extension of the Frank-Wolfe algorithm. We show that the method is equivalent to the fictitious…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Pierre Lavigne , Laurent Pfeiffer

A game-theoretic setting provides a mathematical basis for analysis of strategic interaction among competing agents and provides insights into both classical and quantum decision theory and questions of strategic choice. An outstanding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-24 Azhar Iqbal , James M. Chappell , Derek Abbott

The application of the methods of quantum mechanics to game theory provides us with the ability to achieve results not otherwise possible. Both linear superpositions of actions and entanglement between the players' moves can be exploited.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Adrian P. Flitney , Derek Abbott

We study the problem of calculating noncommutative distances on graphs, using techniques from linear algebra, specifically, Birkhoff-James orthogonality. A complete characterization of the solutions is obtained in the case when the…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Pierre Clare , Chi-Kwong Li , Edward Poon , Eric Swartz

We consider a class of Nash games, termed as aggregative games, being played over a networked system. In an aggregative game, a player's objective is a function of the aggregate of all the players' decisions. Every player maintains an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-10 Jayash Koshal , Angelia Nedić , Uday V. Shanbhag

This tutorial article showcases the many varieties and uses of quantum walks. Discrete time quantum walks are introduced as counterparts of classical random walks. The emphasis is on the connections and differences between the two types of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-16 Daniel Reitzner , Daniel Nagaj , Vladimir Buzek

This paper introduces a class of continuous-time, finite-player stochastic general-sum differential games that admit solutions through an exact linear PDE system. We formulate a distribution planning game utilizing the cross-log-likelihood…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Monika Tomar , Takashi Tanaka

Games on graphs provide a natural model for reactive non-terminating systems. In such games, the interaction of two players on an arena results in an infinite path that describes a run of the system. Different settings are used to model…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2011-06-08 Krishnendu Chatterjee , Nathanaël Fijalkow

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

Main papers on quantum games are written by physicists for physicists, and the inevitable exploitation of physics jargon may create difficulties for mathematicians or economists. Our goal here is to make clear the physical content and to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-11 Vassili Kolokoltsov