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We analyze, using a dynamical systems approach, the replicator dynamics for the asymmetric Hawk-Dove game in which there is a set of four pure strategies with arbitrary payoffs. We give a full account of the equilibrium points and their…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-04-26 Ikjyot Singh Kohli , Michael C. Haslam

What does it mean to fully understand the behavior of a network of adaptive agents? The golden standard typically is the behavior of learning dynamics in potential games, where many evolutionary dynamics, e.g., replicator, are known to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-04 Ioannis Panageas , Georgios Piliouras

Starting with a group of reinforcement-learning agents we derive coupled replicator equations that describe the dynamics of collective learning in multiagent systems. We show that, although agents model their environment in a…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-11-07 Yuzuru Sato , James P. Crutchfield

We use replicator dynamics to study an iterated prisoners' dilemma game with memory. In this study, we investigate the characteristics of all 32 possible strategies with a single-step memory by observing the results when each strategy…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-03-06 Young Jin Kim , Myungkyoon Roh , Seung-Woo Son

With the growth of the internet it is becoming increasingly important to understand how the behaviour of players is affected by the topology of the network interconnecting them. Many models which involve networks of interacting players have…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-01-25 Richard Southwell , Chris Cannings

In this paper, we deal with the equilibrium selection problem, which amounts to steering a population of individuals engaged in strategic game-theoretic interactions to a desired collective behavior. In the literature, this problem has been…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Lorenzo Zino , Mengbin Ye , Giuseppe Carlo Calafiore , Alessandro Rizzo

We consider a broad class of stochastic imitation dynamics over networks, encompassing several well known learning models such as the replicator dynamics. In the considered models, players have no global information about the game…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Lorenzo Zino , Giacomo Como , Fabio Fagnani

Evolutionary game theory has impacted many fields of research by providing a mathematical framework for studying the evolution and maintenance of social and moral behaviors. This success is owed in large part to the demonstration that the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-06-03 José F. Fontanari

Many well-studied learning dynamics, such as fictitious play and the replicator, are known to not converge in general $N$-player games. The simplest mode of non-convergence is cyclical or periodic behavior. Such cycles are fundamental…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Oliver Biggar , Christos Papadimitriou

This paper investigates the long-term behavior of an interacting particle system of interest in the hot topic of evolutionary game theory. Each site of the $d$-dimensional integer lattice is occupied by a player who is characterized by one…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-06-07 Eric Foxall , Nicolas Lanchier

Recent advances in quantum computing and in particular, the introduction of quantum GANs, have led to increased interest in quantum zero-sum game theory, extending the scope of learning algorithms for classical games into the quantum realm.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-28 Rahul Jain , Georgios Piliouras , Ryann Sim

Except for special classes of games, there is no systematic framework for analyzing the dynamical properties of multi-agent strategic interactions. Potential games are one such special but restrictive class of games that allow for tractable…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Ozan Candogan , Asuman Ozdaglar , Pablo A. Parrilo

This paper presents new families of algorithms for the repeated play of two-agent (near) zero-sum games and two-agent zero-sum stochastic games. For example, the family includes fictitious play and its variants as members. Commonly, the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Yuksel Arslantas , Ege Yuceel , Yigit Yalin , Muhammed O. Sayin

The dependency graph is a data architecture that models all the dependencies between the different types of assets in the game. It depicts the dependency-based relationships between the assets of a game. For example, a player must construct…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-29 Sim-Hui Tee

This paper is concerned with exploring the microscopic basis for the discrete versions of the standard replicator equation and the adjusted replicator equation. To this end, we introduce frequency-dependent selection -- as a result of…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2021-02-19 Archan Mukhopadhyay , Sagar Chakraborty

The relationship between topology and dynamics of complex systems has motivated continuing interest from the scientific community. In the present work, we address this interesting topic from the perspective of simple games, involving two…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Alexandre Benatti , Luciano da F. Costa

An absorbing game is a stochastic game with a single nonabsorbing state. Such a game is called recursive if all players receive a payoff of 0 in the nonabsorbing state, and positive if all payoffs in absorbing states are positive. An action…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Eilon Solan , Nicolas Vieille

We analyse the typical structure of games in terms of the connectivity properties of their best-response graphs. Our central result shows that, among games that are `generic' (without indifferences) and that have a pure Nash equilibrium,…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-06-25 Tom Johnston , Michael Savery , Alex Scott , Bassel Tarbush

In this paper, we introduce a novel equilibrium concept, called the equilibrium cycle, which seeks to capture the outcome of oscillatory game dynamics. Unlike the (pure) Nash equilibrium, which defines a fixed point of mutual best…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-10-07 Tushar Shankar Walunj , Shiksha Singhal , Veeraruna Kavitha , Jayakrishnan Nair

The problem of multi-agent learning and adaptation has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. It has been suggested that the dynamics of multi agent learning can be studied using replicator equations from population biology.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2011-09-26 Aram Galstyan