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We exploit the structure of geometric graphs on Riemannian manifolds to analyze strategic dynamic graphs at the limit, when the number of nodes tends to infinity. This framework allows to preserve intrinsic geometrical information about the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Charles Bertucci , Matthias Rakotomalala

This paper considers discounted infinite horizon mean field games by extending the probabilistic weak formulation of the game as introduced by Carmona and Lacker (2015). Under similar assumptions as in the finite horizon game, we prove…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-08 René Carmona , Ludovic Tangpi , Kaiwen Zhang

Finite-state mean-field games (MFGs) arise as limits of large interacting particle systems and are governed by an MFG system, a coupled forward-backward differential equation consisting of a forward Kolmogorov-Fokker-Planck (KFP) equation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-16 William Hofgard , Asaf Cohen , Mathieu Laurière

Finite-horizon linear quadratic (LQ) games admit a unique Nash equilibrium, while infinite-horizon settings may have multiple. We clarify the relationship between these two cases by interpreting the finite-horizon equilibrium as a nonlinear…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Giulio Salizzoni , Sophie Hall , Maryam Kamgarpour

We consider static finite-player network games and their continuum analogs, graphon games. Existence and uniqueness results are provided, as well as convergence of the finite-player network game optimal strategy profiles to their analogs…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-26 Rene Carmona , Daniel Cooney , Christy Graves , Mathieu Lauriere

This paper proposes a finite-horizon approximation scheme and introduces episodic equilibrium as a solution concept for stochastic games (SGs), where agents strategize based on the current state and episode stage. The paper also establishes…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Muhammed O. Sayin

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

To model complex real-world systems, such as traders in stock markets, or the dissemination of contagious diseases, graphon mean-field games (GMFG) have been proposed to model many agents. Despite the empirical success, our understanding of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Jing Dong , Baoxiang Wang , Yaoliang Yu

We consider finite horizon stochastic mean field games in which the state space is a network. They are described by a system coupling a backward in time Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and a forward in time Fokker-Planck equation. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-08 Yves Achdou , Manh-Khang Dao , Olivier Ley , Nicoletta Tchou

In the present paper, we consider a class of two players infinite horizon differential games, with piecewise smooth costs exponentially discounted in time. Through the analysis of the value functions, we study in which cases it is possible…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-08-07 Fabio S. Priuli

In this paper, zero-sum mean-field type games (ZSMFTG) with linear dynamics and quadratic utility are studied under infinite-horizon discounted utility function. ZSMFTG are a class of games in which two decision makers whose utilities sum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-07 René Carmona , Kenza Hamidouche , Mathieu Laurière , Zongjun Tan

This paper presents a class of evolutive Mean Field Games with multiple solutions for all time horizons T and convex but non-smooth Hamiltonian H, as well as for smooth H and T large enough. The phenomenon is analyzed in both the PDE and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-12 Martino Bardi , Markus Fischer

In this article we consider finite Mean Field Games (MFGs), i.e. with finite time and finite states. We adopt the framework introduced in Gomes Mohr and Souza in 2010, and study two seemly unexplored subjects. In the first one, we analyze…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-16 Saeed Hadikhanloo , Francisco José Silva

Mean field games (MFGs) tractably model behavior in large agent populations. The literature on learning MFG equilibria typically focuses on finding Nash equilibria (NE), which assume perfectly rational agents and are hence implausible in…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Yannick Eich , Christian Fabian , Kai Cui , Heinz Koeppl

We consider discounted infinite-horizon potential mean-field games (MFGs) on the $d$-dimensional torus. Without imposing monotonicity assumptions, we prove that every weak limit point of a time-dependent equilibrium, as time tends to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Felix Höfer

Learning the behavior of large agent populations is an important task for numerous research areas. Although the field of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) has made significant progress towards solving these systems, solutions for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Christian Fabian , Kai Cui , Heinz Koeppl

The recent mean field game (MFG) formalism facilitates otherwise intractable computation of approximate Nash equilibria in many-agent settings. In this paper, we consider discrete-time finite MFGs subject to finite-horizon objectives. We…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-07-11 Kai Cui , Heinz Koeppl

The modelling of linear quadratic Gaussian optimal control problems on large complex networks is intractable computationally. Graphon theory provides an approach to overcome these issues by defining limit objects for infinite sequences of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-02 Alex Dunyak , Peter E. Caines

This paper studies infinite horizon linear quadratic (LQ) mean field problems with common noise and regime switching, covering both control and game formulations. To establish a theoretical foundation for the LQ framework, we first analyze…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-24 Qingmeng Wei , Yaqi Xu

A general class of mean field games are considered where the governing dynamics are controlled diffusions in $\mathbb{R}^d$. The optimization criterion is the long time average of a running cost function. Under various sets of hypotheses,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-21 Ari Arapostathis , Anup Biswas , Johnson Carroll