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In this paper, we prove the existence of classical solutions for second order stationary mean-field game systems. These arise in ergodic (mean-field) optimal control, convex degenerate problems in calculus of variations, and in the study of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-24 Edgard A. Pimentel , Vardan Voskanyan

We address the numerical approximation of Mean Field Games with local couplings. For power-like Hamiltonians, we consider both unconstrained and constrained stationary systems with density constraints in order to model hard congestion…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-08 L. M. Briceño-Arias , D. Kalise , F. J. Silva

An iterative finite difference scheme for mean field games (MFGs) is proposed. The target MFGs are derived from control problems for multidimensional systems with advection terms. For such MFGs, linearization using the Cole-Hopf…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-26 Daisuke Inoue , Yuji Ito , Takahito Kashiwabara , Norikazu Saito , Hiroaki Yoshida

We introduce and analyze a new finite-difference scheme, relying on the theta-method, for solving monotone second-order mean field games. These games consist of a coupled system of the Fokker-Planck and the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-23 J. Frédéric Bonnans , Kang Liu , Laurent Pfeiffer

We study the regularity and long time behavior of the one-dimensional, local, first-order mean field games system and the planning problem, assuming a Hamiltonian of superlinear growth, with a non-separated, strictly monotone dependence on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-18 Nikiforos Mimikos-Stamatopoulos , Sebastian Munoz

We analyze a (possibly degenerate) second order mean field games system of partial differential equations. The distinguishing features of the model considered are (1) that it is not uniformly parabolic, including the first order case as a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-07-28 Pierre Cardaliaguet , J. Graber , Alessio Porretta , Daniela Tonon

In this paper, using variational approaches, we investigate the first order planning problem arising in the theory of mean field games. We show the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions of the problem in the case of a large class of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-05-21 P. Jameson Graber , Alpár R. Mészáros , Francisco J. Silva , Daniela Tonon

This paper discusses the control of coherent structures in turbulent flows, which has broad applications among complex systems in science and technology. Mean field games have been proved a powerful tool and are proposed here to control the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-22 Yuan Gao , Di Qi

We study the mean field games equations, consisting of the coupled Kolmogorov-Fokker-Planck and Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations. The equations are complemented by initial and terminal conditions. It is shown that with some specific choice…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-22 Sergey I. Nikulin , Olga S. Rozanova

We study a Mean Field Games (MFG) system in a real, separable infinite dimensional Hilbert space. The system consists of a second order parabolic type equation, called Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation in the paper, coupled with a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Salvatore Federico , Fausto Gozzi , Andrzej Święch

Mean field games models describing the limit of a large class of stochastic differential games, as the number of players goes to $+\infty$, have been introduced by J.-M. Lasry and P.-L. Lions. We use a change of variables to transform the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-06-17 Olivier Guéant

In the context of simple finite-state discrete time systems, we introduce a generalization of mean field game solution, called correlated solution, which can be seen as the mean field game analogue of a correlated equilibrium. Our notion of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Luciano Campi , Markus Fischer

We study a particle approximation for one-dimensional first-order Mean-Field-Games (MFGs) with local interactions with planning conditions. Our problem comprises a system of a Hamilton-Jacobi equation coupled with a transport equation. As…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Marco Di Francesco , Serikbolsyn Duisembay , Diogo Aguiar Gomes , Ricardo Ribeiro

Existence and uniqueness of a weak solution for first order mean field game systems with local coupling are obtained by variational methods. This solution can be used to devise $\epsilon-$Nash equilibria for deterministic differential games…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-05-31 Pierre Cardaliaguet

We consider the one-dimensional stationary first-order mean-field game (MFG) system with the coupling between the Hamilton-Jacobi equation and the transport equation. In both cases that the coupling is strictly increasing and decreasing…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-29 Yiru Cai , Haobo Qi , Yi Tan , Xifeng Su

This manuscript discusses planning problems for first- and second-order one-dimensional mean-field games (MFGs). These games are comprised of a Hamilton-Jacobi equation coupled with a Fokker-Planck equation. Applying Poincar\'e's Lemma to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Tigran Bakaryan , Rita Ferreira , Diogo Gomes

In this note we propose a transformation which decouples stationary Mean Field Games systems with superlinear Hamiltonians of the form |p|^r, and turns the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation into a quasi-linear equation involving the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-25 Marco Cirant

We propose a new viewpoint on variational mean-field games with diffusion and quadratic Hamiltonian. We show the equivalence of such mean-field games with a relative entropy minimization at the level of probabilities on curves. We also…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-01 Jean-David Benamou , Guillaume Carlier , Simone Di Marino , Luca Nenna

We consider a Mean Field Games model where the dynamics of the agents is subdiffusive. According to the optimal control interpretation of the problem, we get a system involving fractional time-derivatives for the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Fabio Camilli , Raul De Maio