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Systems of competing agents can often be modeled as games. Assuming rationality, the most likely outcomes are given by an equilibrium (e.g. a Nash equilibrium). In many practical settings, games are influenced by context, i.e. additional…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-13 Daniel McKenzie , Howard Heaton , Qiuwei Li , Samy Wu Fung , Stanley Osher , Wotao Yin

We study the efficiency of the proportional allocation mechanism, that is widely used to allocate divisible resources. Each agent submits a bid for each divisible resource and receives a fraction proportional to her bids. We quantify the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-28 George Christodoulou , Alkmini Sgouritsa , Bo Tang

To address issues of group-level fairness in machine learning, it is natural to adjust model parameters based on specific fairness objectives over a sensitive-attributed validation set. Such an adjustment procedure can be cast within a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Yi Zeng , Xuelin Yang , Li Chen , Cristian Canton Ferrer , Ming Jin , Michael I. Jordan , Ruoxi Jia

The distributed computation of Nash equilibria is assuming growing relevance in engineering where such problems emerge in the context of distributed control. Accordingly, we present schemes for computing equilibria of two classes of static…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-17 Hao Jiang , Uday V. Shanbhag , Sean P. Meyn

We propose an algorithm for computing Nash equilibria (NE) in a class of conflicts with multiple battlefields with uniform battlefield values and a non-linear aggregation function. By expanding the symmetrization idea of Hart [9], proposed…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Stanisław Kaźmierowski , Marcin Dziubiński

We consider the problem of computing Nash equilibria in potential games where each player's strategy set is subject to private uncoupled constraints. This scenario is frequently encountered in real-world applications like road network…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Nikolas Patris , Stelios Stavroulakis , Fivos Kalogiannis , Rose Zhang , Ioannis Panageas

Inspired by the recent work by Shapiro et al. [45], we propose a Bayesian distributionally robust Nash equilibrium (BDRNE) model where each player lacks complete information on the true probability distribution of the underlying uncertainty…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-18 Jian Liu , Ziheng Su , Huifu Xu

We consider auctions in which greedy algorithms, paired with first-price or critical-price payment rules, are used to resolve multi-parameter combinatorial allocation problems. We study the price of anarchy for social welfare in such…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-12-02 Brendan Lucier , Allan Borodin

This work proposes a novel set of techniques for approximating a Nash equilibrium in a finite, normal-form game. It achieves this by constructing a new reformulation as solving a parameterized system of multivariate polynomials with tunable…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Ian Gemp

This paper considers a distributed Nash equilibrium seeking problem, where the players only have partial access to other players' actions, such as their neighbors' actions. Thus, the players are supposed to communicate with each other to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Yipeng Pang , Guoqiang Hu

We study a class of manipulations in combinatorial auctions where bidders fundamentally misrepresent what goods they are interested in. Prior work has largely assumed that bidders only submit bids on their bundles of interest, which we call…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-13 Vitor Bosshard , Sven Seuken

Bargaining networks model the behavior of a set of players that need to reach pairwise agreements for making profits. Nash bargaining solutions are special outcomes of such games that are both stable and balanced. Kleinberg and Tardos…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2010-05-10 Yashodhan Kanoria , Mohsen Bayati , Christian Borgs , Jennifer Chayes , Andrea Montanari

Computing Nash equilibrium (NE) of multi-player games has witnessed renewed interest due to recent advances in generative adversarial networks. However, computing equilibrium efficiently is challenging. To this end, we introduce the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Arvind U. Raghunathan , Anoop Cherian , Devesh K. Jha

We introduce a game model called "customer attraction game" to demonstrate the competition among online content providers. In this model, customers exhibit interest in various topics. Each content provider selects one topic and benefits…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Xiaotie Deng , Hangxin Gan , Ningyuan Li , Weian Li , Qi Qi

We propose a novel method to find Nash equilibria in games with binary decision variables by including compensation payments and incentive-compatibility constraints from non-cooperative game theory directly into an optimization framework in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-10 Daniel Huppmann , Sauleh Siddiqui

We study techniques to incentivize self-interested agents to form socially desirable solutions in scenarios where they benefit from mutual coordination. Towards this end, we consider coordination games where agents have different intrinsic…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-21 Elliot Anshelevich , Shreyas Sekar

This paper focuses on a time-varying Nash equilibrium trajectory tracking problem, that is applicable to a wide range of non-cooperative game applications arising in dynamic environments. To solve this problem, we propose a distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-15 Ziqin Chen , Ji Ma , Peng Yi , Yiguang Hong

We consider learning approximate Nash equilibria for discrete-time mean-field games with nonlinear stochastic state dynamics subject to both average and discounted costs. To this end, we introduce a mean-field equilibrium (MFE) operator,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-11 Berkay Anahtarcı , Can Deha Karıksız , Naci Saldi

We consider seeking generalized Nash equilibria (GNE) for noncooperative games with coupled nonlinear constraints over networks. We first revisit a well-known gradientplay dynamics from a passivity-based perspective, and address that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-23 Weijian Li , Lacra Pavel

We propose the first loss function for approximate Nash equilibria of normal-form games that is amenable to unbiased Monte Carlo estimation. This construction allows us to deploy standard non-convex stochastic optimization techniques for…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Ian Gemp , Luke Marris , Georgios Piliouras