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Mean field type models describing the limiting behavior, as the number of players tends to $+\infty$, of stochastic differential game problems, have been recently introduced by J-M. Lasry and P-L. Lions. Numerical methods for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-07-13 Yves Achdou , Fabio Camilli , Italo Capuzzo Dolcetta

Here, we consider the planning problem for first-order mean-field games (MFG). When there is no coupling between players, MFG degenerate into optimal transport problems. Displacement convexity is a fundamental tool in optimal transport that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-20 Diogo Gomes , Tommaso Seneci

An overdetermination is introduced in an initial condition for the second order mean field games system (MFGS). This makes the resulting problem close to the classical ill-posed Cauchy problems for PDEs. Indeed, in such a problem and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Michael V. Klibanov

We show the convergence of finite state symmetric N-player differential games, where players control their transition rates from state to state, to a limiting dynamics given by a finite state Mean Field Game system made of two coupled…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Alekos Cecchin , Guglielmo Pelino

It is shown that the contraction mapping principle with the involvement of a Carleman Weight Function works for a Coefficient Inverse Problem for a 1D hyperbolic equation. Using a Carleman estimate, the global convergence of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-23 Thuy T. Le , Michael V. Klibanov , Loc H. Nguyen , Anders Sullivan , Lam Nguyen

Here, we develop numerical methods for finite-state mean-field games (MFGs) that satisfy a monotonicity condition. MFGs are determined by a system of differential equations with initial and terminal boundary conditions. These non-standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-02 Diogo Gomes , Joao Saude

Convergence of the policy iteration method for discrete and continuous optimal control problems holds under general assumptions. Moreover, in some circumstances, it is also possible to show a quadratic rate of convergence for the algorithm.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-02 Fabio Camilli , Qing Tang

In this paper, we study a priori estimates for a first-order mean-field planning problem with a potential. In the theory of mean-field games (MFGs), a priori estimates play a crucial role to prove the existence of classical solutions. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-06 Tigran Bakaryan , Rita Ferreira , Diogo Gomes

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

The purpose of this work is to introduce a notion of weak solution to the master equation of a potential mean field game and to prove that existence and uniqueness hold under quite general assumptions. Remarkably, this is achieved without…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-30 Alekos Cecchin , François Delarue

Mean-field games (MFGs) are models for large populations of competing rational agents that seek to optimize a suitable functional. In the case of congestion, this functional takes into account the difficulty of moving in high-density areas.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-05 David Evangelista , Rita Ferreira , Diogo A. Gomes , Levon Nurbekyan , Vardan Voskanyan

We propose a new globally convergent numerical method to solve Hamilton-Jacobi equations in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d \geq 1$. This method is named as the Carleman convexification method. By Carleman convexification, we mean that we use a Carleman…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Huynh P. N. Le , Thuy T. Le , Loc H. Nguyen

Inverse scattering problems of the reconstructions of physical properties of a medium from boundary measurements are substantially challenging ones. This work aims to verify the performance on experimental data of a newly developed…

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

This paper studies mean field game (MFG) of controls by featuring the joint distribution of the state and the control with the reflected state process along an exogenous stochastic reflection boundary. We contribute to the literature with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Lijun Bo , Jingfei Wang , Xiang Yu

The first globally convergent numerical method for a Coefficient Inverse Problem (CIP) for the Riemannian Radiative Transfer Equation (RRTE) is constructed. This is a version of the so-called \textquotedblleft convexification" method, which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-13 Michael V. Klibanov , Jingzhi Li , Loc H. Nguyen , Vladimir G. Romanov , Zhipeng Yang

This paper studies the convergence problem for mean field games with common noise. We define a suitable notion of weak mean field equilibria, which we prove captures all subsequential limit points, as $n\to\infty$, of closed-loop…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-08-22 Daniel Lacker , Luc Le Flem

In this book, we present a curated collection of existing results on inverse problems for Mean Field Games (MFGs), a cutting-edge and rapidly evolving field of research. Our aim is to provide fresh insights, novel perspectives, and a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Hongyu Liu , Catharine W. K. Lo , Shen Zhang

We are concerned with the mathematical study of the Mean Field Games system (MFGS). In the conventional setup, the MFGS is a system of two coupled nonlinear parabolic PDEs of the second order in a backward-forward manner, namely one…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-04 Michael V. Klibanov , Jingzhi Li , Hongyu Liu

We introduce a simple class of mean field games with absorbing boundary over a finite time horizon. In the corresponding $N$-player games, the evolution of players' states is described by a system of weakly interacting It\^o equations with…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-09-28 Luciano Campi , Markus Fischer