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We consider a setting in which a principal gets to choose which game from some given set is played by a group of agents. The principal would like to choose a game that favors one of the players, the social preferences of the players, or the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Caspar Oesterheld , Vincent Conitzer

In recent years the information asymmetric Lipschitz bandits In this paper we studied the Lipschitz bandit problem applied to the multiplayer information asymmetric problem studied in \cite{chang2022online, chang2023optimal}. More…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-14 William Chang , Aditi Karthik

Single-player contextual bandits are a well-studied problem in reinforcement learning that has seen applications in various fields such as advertising, healthcare, and finance. In light of the recent work on \emph{information asymmetric}…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-13 William Chang , Yuanhao Lu

We describe an algorithm for computing best response strategies in a class of two-player infinite games of incomplete information, defined by payoffs piecewise linear in agents' types and actions, conditional on linear comparisons of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-19 Daniel Reeves , Michael P. Wellman

In this paper we solve the three-player-game question. A three-player-game consists of a series of rounds. There are altogether three players. Two players participate in each round, at the end of the round the loser quits and the third…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Fangqi Li

The problem of computing a common point that lies in the intersection of a finite number of closed convex sets, each known to one agent in a network, is studied. This issue, known as the distributed convex feasibility problem or the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Dimitris Ampeliotis , Kostas Berberidis

A protocol for considering decoherence in quantum games is presented. Results for two-player, two-strategy quantum games subject to decoherence are derived and some specific examples are given. Decoherence in other types of quantum games is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Adrian P. Flitney , Derek Abbott

The allocation of resources plays an important role in the completion of system objectives and tasks, especially in the presence of strategic adversaries. Optimal allocation strategies are becoming increasingly more complex, given that…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-05-07 Keith Paarporn , Adel Aghajan , Jason R. Marden

In this paper, the problem of finding a generalized Nash equilibrium (GNE) of a networked game is studied. Players are only able to choose their decisions from a feasible action set. The feasible set is considered to be a private linear…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-27 Farzad Salehisadaghiani , Lacra Pavel

We study the problem of finding equilibrium strategies in multi-agent games with incomplete payoff information, where the payoff matrices are only known to the players up to some bounded uncertainty sets. In such games, an ex-post…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Wenshuo Guo , Mihaela Curmei , Serena Wang , Benjamin Recht , Michael I. Jordan

In the Colonel Blotto game, two players with a fixed budget simultaneously allocate their resources across n battlefields to maximize the aggregate value gained from the battlefields where they have the higher allocation. Despite its…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-04 Dong Quan Vu , Patrick Loiseau , Alonso Silva

We consider a randomized algorithm for the unique games problem, using independent multinomial probabilities to assign labels to the vertices of a graph. The expected value of the solution obtained by the algorithm is expressed as a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-08-10 Rajeev Kohli , Ramesh Krishnamurti

Quantum entanglement has been recently demonstrated as a useful resource in conflicting interest games of incomplete information between two players, Alice and Bob [Pappa et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 020401 (2015)]. General setting for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-17 Ashutosh Rai , Goutam Paul

The game of best choice (also known as the secretary problem) is a model for sequential decision making with a long history and many variations. The classical setup assumes that the sequence of candidate rankings are uniformly distributed.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-06 Brant Jones

Zero-sum asymmetric games model decision making scenarios involving two competing players who have different information about the game being played. A particular case is that of nested information, where one (informed) player has superior…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-08 Lichun Li , Jeff S. Shamma

To verify the robustness of a program or protocol, it is common in the computer science community to rely on the theoretical framework of game theory. In particular, if one seeks to enforce a desired property, or specification, despite an…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Léonard Brice

When opposing parties compete for a prize, the sunk effort players exert during the conflict can affect the value of the winner's reward. These spillovers can have substantial influence on the equilibrium behavior of participants in…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2023-02-07 Maria Betto , Matthew W. Thomas

We consider the problem of sequencing a set of positive numbers. We try to find the optimal sequence to maximize the variance of its partial sums. The optimal sequence is shown to have a beautiful structure. It is interesting to note that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-02-14 Li Wei , Wangdong Qi , Dingxing Chen , Peng Liu , En Yuan

Hedge has been proposed as an adaptive scheme, which guides an agent's decision in resource selection and distribution problems that can be modeled as a multi-armed bandit full information game. Such problems are encountered in the areas of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-10 Miltiades E. Anagnostou , Maria A. Lambrou

Information uncertainty is one of the major challenges facing applications of game theory. In the context of Stackelberg games, various approaches have been proposed to deal with the leader's incomplete knowledge about the follower's…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Jiarui Gan , Haifeng Xu , Qingyu Guo , Long Tran-Thanh , Zinovi Rabinovich , Michael Wooldridge