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This paper studies the connections between mean-field games and the social welfare optimization problems. We consider a mean field game in functional spaces with a large population of agents, each of which seeks to minimize an individual…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-27 Sen Li , Wei Zhang , Lin Zhao

Finding equilibrium points in continuous minmax games has become a key problem within machine learning, in part due to its connection to the training of generative adversarial networks and reinforcement learning. Because of existence and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-11-12 Viktor Nilsson , Pierre Nyquist

We introduce the notion of universal graphs as a tool for constructing algorithms solving games of infinite duration such as parity games and mean payoff games. In the first part we develop the theory of universal graphs, with two goals:…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Thomas Colcombet , Nathanaël Fijalkow , Paweł Gawrychowski , Pierre Ohlmann

The existence of stationary Markov perfect equilibria in stochastic games is shown under a general condition called "(decomposable) coarser transition kernels". This result covers various earlier existence results on correlated equilibria,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-24 Wei He , Yeneng Sun

This paper proposes the notion of robust PBE in a general competing mechanism game of incomplete information where a mechanism allows its designer to send a message to himself at the same time agents send messages. It identifies the utility…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2023-08-21 Seungjin Han

Multi-agent reinforcement learning has made substantial empirical progresses in solving games with a large number of players. However, theoretically, the best known sample complexity for finding a Nash equilibrium in general-sum games…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-01 Ziang Song , Song Mei , Yu Bai

Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics is undoubtedly a cornerstone for the description of many particle systems. The common interpretation is based on ensemble theory as put forward by Gibbs, alongside the basic assumptions that different…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-12-06 T. M. Rocha Filho , C. H. Silvestre , M. A. Amato

In this paper, we investigate a partially observable zero sum games where the state process is a discrete time Markov chain. We consider a general utility function in the optimization criterion. We show the existence of value for both…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-16 Arnab Bhabak , Subhamay saha

This paper introduces a framework of Constrained Mean-Field Games (CMFGs), where each agent solves a constrained Markov decision process (CMDP). This formulation captures scenarios in which agents' strategies are subject to feasibility,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Anran Hu , Zijiu Lyu

Potential games are arguably one of the most important and widely studied classes of normal form games. They define the archetypal setting of multi-agent coordination as all agent utilities are perfectly aligned with each other via a common…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Stefanos Leonardos , Will Overman , Ioannis Panageas , Georgios Piliouras

Recent research has applied modal substitution calculus (MSC) and its variants to characterize various computational frameworks such as graph neural networks (GNNs) and distributed computing systems. For example, it has been shown that the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Veeti Ahvonen , Reijo Jaakkola , Antti Kuusisto

We consider two-player games played over finite state spaces for an infinite number of rounds. At each state, the players simultaneously choose moves; the moves determine a successor state. It is often advantageous for players to choose…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Luca de Alfaro , Rupak Majumdar , Vishwanath Raman , Mariëlle Stoelinga

Aligning large language models (LLMs) with human preferences is inherently multi-objective: different users and evaluation criteria impose heterogeneous and often conflicting requirements on model outputs. We propose CAGE (Common-Agency…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Baiting Chen , Tong Zhu , Rui Yu , Xiaowu Dai

The Full Strategy Minority Game (FSMG) is an instance of the Minority Game (MG) which includes a single copy of every potential agent. In this work, we explicitly solve the FSMG thanks to certain symmetries of this game. Furthermore, by…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-05-27 Gabriel Acosta , Inés Caridi , Sebastián Guala , Javier Marenco

We derive a class of macroscopic differential equations that describe collective adaptation, starting from a discrete-time stochastic microscopic model. The behavior of each agent is a dynamic balance between adaptation that locally…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-05-15 Yuzuru Sato , Eizo Akiyama , James P. Crutchfield

The desirable gambles framework provides a foundational approach to imprecise probability theory but relies heavily on linear utility assumptions. This paper introduces function-coherent gambles, a generalization that accommodates…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-04-28 Gregory Wheeler

We develop provably efficient reinforcement learning algorithms for two-player zero-sum finite-horizon Markov games with simultaneous moves. To incorporate function approximation, we consider a family of Markov games where the reward…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-25 Qiaomin Xie , Yudong Chen , Zhaoran Wang , Zhuoran Yang

Real world applications such as economics and policy making often involve solving multi-agent games with two unique features: (1) The agents are inherently asymmetric and partitioned into leaders and followers; (2) The agents have different…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Yu Bai , Chi Jin , Huan Wang , Caiming Xiong

State equations (SEs) were firstly introduced in the approximate message passing (AMP) to describe the mean square error (MSE) in compressed sensing. Since then a set of state equations have appeared in studies of logistic regression,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-09-27 Saidi Luo , Songtao Tian

We formulate and analyze a general class of stochastic dynamic games with asymmetric information arising in dynamic systems. In such games, multiple strategic agents control the system dynamics and have different information about the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-26 Yi Ouyang , Hamidreza Tavafoghi , Demosthenis Teneketzis