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This paper deals with a hierarchical multi-objective control problem for forward stochastic parabolic equations with dynamic boundary conditions. The controls are divided into two classes: leaders and followers. The goal of the leaders is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-27 Omar Oukdach , Said Boulite , Abdellatif Elgrou , Lahcen Maniar

This paper revisits well-studied dynamic decisions of weakly coupled large-population (LP) systems. Specifically, three types of LP decision problems: mean-field game (MG), mean-field team (MT), and mean-field-type control (MC), are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-22 Huang Jianhui , Qiu Zhenghong , Wang Shujun , Wu Zhen

This paper proposes a new method for finding closed-loop saddle points in zero-sum linear-quadratic stochastic differential games by decoupling their inherent structure. Specifically, we develop a nested iterative scheme that constructs a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Yiyuan Wang

This contribution deals with a two-level discrete decision problem, a so-called Stackelberg strategic game: A Subset Sum setting is addressed with a set $N$ of items with given integer weights. One distinguished player, the leader, may…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-01-12 Ulrich Pferschy , Gaia Nicosia , Andrea Pacifici

We consider a class of linear-quadratic-Gaussian mean-field games with a major agent and considerable heterogeneous minor agents in the presence of mean-field interactions. The individual admissible controls are constrained in closed convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-10 Ying Hu , Jianhui Huang , Tianyang Nie

We study the problem of online learning in a two-player decentralized cooperative Stackelberg game. In each round, the leader first takes an action, followed by the follower who takes their action after observing the leader's move. The goal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-13 Geng Zhao , Banghua Zhu , Jiantao Jiao , Michael I. Jordan

Recent results in the ML community have revealed that learning algorithms used to compute the optimal strategy for the leader to commit to in a Stackelberg game, are susceptible to manipulation by the follower. Such a learning algorithm…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-12 Georgios Birmpas , Jiarui Gan , Alexandros Hollender , Francisco J. Marmolejo-Cossío , Ninad Rajgopal , Alexandros A. Voudouris

Effectively predicting intent and behavior requires inferring leadership in multi-agent interactions. Dynamic games provide an expressive theoretical framework for modeling these interactions. Employing this framework, we propose a novel…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Hamzah Khan , David Fridovich-Keil

We formulate a new class of two-person zero-sum differential games, in a stochastic setting, where a specification on a target terminal state distribution is imposed on the players. We address such added specification by introducing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-13 Yongxin Chen , Tryphon T. Georgiou , Michele Pavon

This paper analyzes a finite horizon dynamic signaling game motivated by the well-known strategic information transmission problems in economics. The mathematical model involves information transmission between two agents, a sender who…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Muhammed Sayin , Emrah Akyol , Tamer Basar

A Stackelberg game is played between a leader and a follower. The leader first chooses an action, then the follower plays his best response. The goal of the leader is to pick the action that will maximize his payoff given the follower's…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-11-19 Aaron Roth , Jonathan Ullman , Zhiwei Steven Wu

This paper is concerned with an indefinite linear-quadratic mean field games of stochastic large-population system, where the individual diffusion coefficients can depend on both the state and the control of the agents. Moreover, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-01 Wenyu Cong , Jingtao Shi

Macroeconomic outcomes emerge from individuals' decisions, making it essential to model how agents interact with macro policy via consumption, investment, and labor choices. We formulate this as a dynamic Stackelberg game: the government…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-06-03 Qirui Mi , Zhiyu Zhao , Chengdong Ma , Siyu Xia , Yan Song , Mengyue Yang , Jun Wang , Haifeng Zhang

We propose a new approach to mean field games with major and minor players. Our formulation involves a two player game where the optimization of the representative minor player is standard while the major player faces an optimization over…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-09-26 Rene Carmona , Xiuneng Zhu

We study a Stackelberg game to examine how two agents determine to cooperate while competing with each other. Each selects an arrival time to a destination, the earlier one fetching a higher reward. There is, however, an inherent penalty in…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Chenlan Wang , Mehrdad Moharrami , Mingyan Liu

In this paper we discuss a class of mean field linear-quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) games for large population system which has never been addressed by existing literature. The features of our works are sketched as follows. First of all, our…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-08-09 Jianhui Huang , Xun Li , Tianxiao Wang

We investigate a co-design problem, encompassing simultaneous design of system infrastructure and control, through a game-theoretical framework. To this end, we propose the co-design problem as a two-layer hierarchical strategic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-18 Julian Barreiro-Gomez , Ye Wang

We consider a class of non-cooperative N-player non-zero-sum stochastic differential games with singular controls, in which each player can affect a linear stochastic differential equation in order to minimize a cost functional which is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-19 Jodi Dianetti

Motivated by continuous-time optimal inventory management, we study a class of stationary mean-field control problems with singular controls. The dynamics are modeled by a mean-reverting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, and the performance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Federico Cannerozzi

This paper is concerned with the controller-and-stopper stochastic differential game under a regime switching model in an infinite horizon. The state of the system consists of a number of diffusions \emph{coupled} by a continuous-time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Siyu Lv