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The goal of this paper is to study a Mean Field Game (MFG) system stemming from the harvesting of resources. Modelling the latter through a reaction-diffusion equation and the harvesters as competing rational agents, we are led to a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-11 Ziad Kobeissi , Idriss Mazari-Fouquer , Domènec Ruiz-Balet

Edge computing allows for reduced latency and operational costs compared to centralized cloud systems. In this context, serverless functions are emerging as a lightweight and effective paradigm for managing computational tasks on edge…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Prakhar Jain , Prakhar Singhal , Divyansh Pandey , Giovanni Quattrocchi , Karthik Vaidhyanathan

Recent reinforcement learning (RL) methods have achieved success in various domains. However, multi-agent RL (MARL) remains a challenge in terms of decentralization, partial observability and scalability to many agents. Meanwhile,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Kai Cui , Sascha Hauck , Christian Fabian , Heinz Koeppl

In edge computing systems, autonomous agents must make fast local decisions while competing for shared resources. Existing MARL methods often resume to centralized critics or frequent communication, which fail under limited observability…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Andrea Fox , Francesco De Pellegrini , Eitan Altman

Mean Field Control (MFC) is a powerful approximation tool to solve large-scale Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) problems. However, the success of MFC relies on the presumption that given the local states and actions of all the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Washim Uddin Mondal , Vaneet Aggarwal , Satish V. Ukkusuri

We consider the problem of representing collective behavior of large populations and predicting the evolution of a population distribution over a discrete state space. A discrete time mean field game (MFG) is motivated as an interpretable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Jiachen Yang , Xiaojing Ye , Rakshit Trivedi , Huan Xu , Hongyuan Zha

Power grid load scheduling is a critical task that ensures the balance between electricity generation and consumption while minimizing operational costs and maintaining grid stability. Traditional optimization methods often struggle with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Dongwen Luo

In this paper, a novel approach for joint power control and user scheduling is proposed for optimizing energy efficiency (EE), in terms of bits per unit power, in ultra dense small cell networks (UDNs). To address this problem, a dynamic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-02 Sumudu Samarakoon , Mehdi Bennis , Walid Saad , Mérouane Debbah , Matti Latva-aho

Mean field control (MFC) problems have been introduced to study social optima in very large populations of strategic agents. The main idea is to consider an infinite population and to simplify the analysis by using a mean field…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Sebastian Baudelet , Brieuc Frénais , Mathieu Laurière , Amal Machtalay , Yuchen Zhu

As an important component of the sixth generation communication technologies, the space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN) attracts increasing attentions in recent years. However, due to the mobility and heterogeneity of the components…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-20 Ziye Jia , Yilu Cao , Lijun He , Qihui Wu , Qiuming Zhu , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han

Sequential decision making, commonly formalized as optimization of a Markov Decision Process, is a key challenge in artificial intelligence. Two successful approaches to MDP optimization are reinforcement learning and planning, which both…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-01 Thomas M. Moerland , Joost Broekens , Aske Plaat , Catholijn M. Jonker

The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is enabling flexibility, programmability and implementation of traditional network functions into generic hardware, in form of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). To provide services, the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-11-27 Francisco Carpio , Admela Jukan

Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks (LSNs) are integral to supporting a broad range of modern applications, which are typically modeled as Service Function Chains (SFCs). Each SFC is composed of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), where each…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Khai Doan , Marios Avgeris , Aris Leivadeas , Ioannis Lambadaris , Wonjae Shin

Community GPU platforms are emerging as a cost-effective and democratized alternative to centralized GPU clusters for AI workloads, aggregating idle consumer GPUs from globally distributed and heterogeneous environments. However, their…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Zhiwei Yu , Chengze Du , Heng Xu , Ying Zhou , Bo Liu , Jialong Li

The Mean-Field approximation is a tractable approach for studying large population dynamics. However, its assumption on homogeneity and universal connections among all agents limits its applicability in many real-world scenarios.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Peihan Huo , Oscar Peralta , Junyu Guo , Qiaomin Xie , Andreea Minca

Federated learning (FL) is a promising paradigm that can enable collaborative model training between vehicles while protecting data privacy, thereby significantly improving the performance of intelligent transportation systems (ITSs). In…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Dongyu Chen , Tao Deng , He Huang , Juncheng Jia , Mianxiong Dong , Di Yuan , Keqin Li

Network function virtualization leverages programmable data plane switches to deploy in-network implementable functions, to improve QoS. The memories of switches can be extended through remote direct memory access to access external…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Somayeh Kianpisheh , Tarik Taleb

We consider a stylized model for a power network with distributed local power generation and storage. This system is modeled as network connection a large number of nodes, where each node is characterized by a local electricity consumption,…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-06-21 Clemence Alasseur , Imen Ben Tahar , Anis Matoussi

Markov decision processes (MDPs) are used to model a wide variety of applications ranging from game playing over robotics to finance. Their optimal policy typically maximizes the expected sum of rewards given at each step of the decision…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Maximilian Nägele , Jan Olle , Thomas Fösel , Remmy Zen , Florian Marquardt

We propose a mean field game (MFG) framework to model the evolution of renewable energy production in competitive electricity markets. Producers interact through the spot price while optimising their profits under production, installation,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Luciano Campi , Zhuoshu Wu