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The paper is concerned with two-person dynamic zero-sum games. We investigate the limit of value functions of finite horizon games with long run average cost as the time horizon tends to infinity, and the limit of value functions of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-21 Dmitry Khlopin

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

Zero-sum and non-zero-sum (aka general-sum) games are relevant in a wide range of applications. While general non-zero-sum games are computationally hard, researchers focus on the special class of monotone games for gradient-based…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Ruichen Luo , Sebastian U. Stich , Krishnendu Chatterjee

In this paper, we deepen the analysis of continuous time Fictitious Play learning algorithm to the consideration of various finite state Mean Field Game settings (finite horizon, $\gamma$-discounted), allowing in particular for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-27 Sarah Perrin , Julien Perolat , Mathieu Laurière , Matthieu Geist , Romuald Elie , Olivier Pietquin

We present a comprehensive study of utility function of the minority game in its efficient regime. We develop an effective description of state of the game. For the payoff function $g(x)=\sgn (x)$ we explicitly represent the game as the…

Trading and Market Microstructure · Quantitative Finance 2011-03-04 Karol Wawrzyniak , Wojciech Wislicki

We consider a stochastic differential equation that is controlled by means of an additive finite-variation process. A singular stochastic controller, who is a minimizer, determines this finite-variation process, while a discretionary…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-01-20 Daniel Hernandez-Hernandez , Robert S. Simon , Mihail Zervos

The works of (Daskalakis et al., 2009, 2022; Jin et al., 2022; Deng et al., 2023) indicate that computing Nash equilibria in multi-player Markov games is a computationally hard task. This fact raises the question of whether or not…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Fivos Kalogiannis , Ioannis Panageas

In this paper, we study a generalization of Markov games and pseudo-games that we call Markov pseudo-games, which, like the former, captures time and uncertainty, and like the latter, allows for the players' actions to determine the set of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Denizalp Goktas , Sadie Zhao , Yiling Chen , Amy Greenwald

Simple stochastic games are turn-based 2.5-player games with a reachability objective. The basic question asks whether one player can ensure reaching a given target with at least a given probability. A natural extension is games with a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-02 Pranav Ashok , Krishnendu Chatterjee , Jan Kretinsky , Maximilian Weininger , Tobias Winkler

We consider a zero-sum continuous time stopping game in which the pay-off is revealed in the maximum of the two stopping times instead of the minimum, which is the case in Dynkin games.

Probability · Mathematics 2015-07-28 Erhan Bayraktar , Zhou Zhou

This paper considers a two-person zero-sum continuous-time Markov pure jump game in Borel state and action spaces over a fixed finite horizon. The main assumption on the model is the existence of a drift function, which bounds the reward…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-31 Xin Guo , Yi Zhang

We study a model of two-player, zero-sum, stopping games with asymmetric information. We assume that the payoff depends on two continuous-time Markov chains (X, Y), where X is only observed by player 1 and Y only by player 2, implying that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-06 Fabien Gensbittel , Christine Grün

This paper has two central aims: first, to provide simple conditions under which the generalized games in choice form and, consequently, the abstract economies, admit equilibrium; second, to study the solvability of several types of systems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-05-17 Monica Patriche

Pursuit-Evasion Games (in discrete time) are stochastic games with nonnegative daily payoffs, with the final payoff being the cumulative sum of payoffs during the game. We show that such games admit a value even in the presence of…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-08-21 Ori Gurel-Gurevich

In this paper, we consider the problem of optimization and learning for constrained and multi-objective Markov decision processes, for both discounted rewards and expected average rewards. We formulate the problems as zero-sum games where…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-05 Ather Gattami , Qinbo Bai , Vaneet Agarwal

We prove existence of a value for two-player zero-sum stopper vs. singular-controller games on finite-time horizon, when the underlying dynamics is one-dimensional, diffusive and bound to evolve in $[0,\infty)$. We show that the value is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Andrea Bovo , Tiziano De Angelis

We consider the general model of zero-sum repeated games (or stochastic games with signals), and assume that one of the players is fully informed and controls the transitions of the state variable. We prove the existence of the uniform…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-04-20 Jérôme Renault

This short note demonstrates how one can define a transformation of a non-zero sum game into a zero sum, so that the optimal mixed strategy achieving equilibrium always exists. The transformation is equivalent to introduction of a passive…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2010-10-14 Roman V. Belavkin

We study the infinite horizon discrete time N-player nonzero-sum Dynkin game ($N \geq 2$) with stopping times as strategies (or pure strategies). We prove existence of an $\varepsilon$-Nash equilibrium point for the game by presenting a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Said Hamadène , Mohammed Hassani , Marie-Amélie Morlais

In this paper we study continuous-time two-player zero-sum optimal switching games on a finite horizon. Using the theory of doubly reflected BSDEs with interconnected barriers, we show that this game has a value and an equilibrium in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-04 Said Hamadène , Randall Martyr , John Moriarty