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In this paper, we consider the problem of learning a generalized Nash equilibrium (GNE) in strongly monotone games. First, we propose a novel continuous-time solution algorithm that uses regular projections and first-order information. As…

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Generalized Nash equilibrium problem (GNEP) is fundamental for practical applications where multiple self-interested agents work together to make optimal decisions. In this work, we study GNEP with shared distributionally robust chance…

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Iterative linear-quadratic (ILQ) methods are widely used in the nonlinear optimal control community. Recent work has applied similar methodology in the setting of multiplayer general-sum differential games. Here, ILQ methods are capable of…

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This paper presents a stabilized sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method for solving optimization problems in Banach spaces. The optimization problem considered in this study has a general form that enables us to represent various…

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In this paper we propose a numerical method to obtain an approximation of Nash equilibria for multi-player non-cooperative games with a special structure. We consider the infinite horizon problem in a case which leads to a system of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-19 Simone Cacace , Emiliano Cristiani , Maurizio Falcone

In this note, we study a class of deterministic finite-horizon linear-quadratic difference games with coupled affine inequality constraints involving both state and control variables. We show that the necessary conditions for the existence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Partha Sarathi Mohapatra , Puduru Viswanadha Reddy

We consider constrained linear-quadratic dynamic games arising in autonomous vehicle platooning, intersection crossing and other cooperative driving scenarios. Infinite-horizon Nash equilibria are reformulated as receding-horizon affine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Reza Rahimi Baghbadorani , Sergio Grammatico

In this paper, we investigate distributed generalized Nash equilibrium (GNE) computation of monotone games with affine coupling constraints. Each player can only utilize its local objective function, local feasible set and a local block of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-10 Peng Yi , Lacra Pavel

We introduce Q-Nash, a quantum annealing algorithm for the NP-complete problem of Fnding pure Nash equilibria in graphical games. The algorithm consists of two phases. The first phase determines all combinations of best response strategies…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-21 Christoph Roch , Thomy Phan , Sebastian Feld , Robert Müller , Thomas Gabor , Claudia Linnhoff-Popien

We introduce a new solution concept for bounded rational agents in finite normal-form general-sum games called Generalized Quantal Response Equilibrium (GQRE) which generalizes Quantal Response Equilibrium~\citep{mckelvey1995quantal}. In…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Apurv Shukla , Vijay Subramanian , Andy Zhao , Rahul Jain

This paper investigates the performance of Newton's method, iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator (iLQR), and Differential Dynamic Programming (DDP) in solving discrete-time optimal control problems. We offer a unified perspective on these…

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This paper presents a methodology for using varying sample sizes in sequential quadratic programming (SQP) methods for solving equality constrained stochastic optimization problems. The first part of the paper deals with the delicate issue…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-23 Albert S. Berahas , Raghu Bollapragada , Baoyu Zhou

To facilitate effective, safe deployment in the real world, individual robots must reason about interactions with other agents, which often occur without explicit communication. Recent work has identified game theory, particularly the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Avishav Engle , Andrey Zhitnikov , Oren Salzman , Omer Ben-Porat , Kiril Solovey

An open problem in linear quadratic (LQ) games has been characterizing the Nash equilibria. This problem has renewed relevance given the surge of work on understanding the convergence of learning algorithms in dynamic games. This paper…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-18 Giulio Salizzoni , Reda Ouhamma , Maryam Kamgarpour

Non-cooperative dynamic game theory provides a principled approach to modeling sequential decision-making among multiple noncommunicative agents. A key focus has been on finding Nash equilibria in two-agent zero-sum dynamic games under…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Kushagra Gupta , Ross Allen , David Fridovich-Keil , Ufuk Topcu

We analyze a sequential quadratic programming algorithm for solving a class of abstract optimization problems. Assuming that the initial point is in an $L^2$ neighborhood of a local solution that satisfies no-gap second-order sufficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Eduardo Casas , Mariano Mateos

We introduce a new algorithm for the numerical computation of Nash equilibria of competitive two-player games. Our method is a natural generalization of gradient descent to the two-player setting where the update is given by the Nash…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-02 Florian Schäfer , Anima Anandkumar

We propose local symplectic surgery, a two-timescale procedure for finding local Nash equilibria in two-player zero-sum games. We first show that previous gradient-based algorithms cannot guarantee convergence to local Nash equilibria due…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-01-28 Eric V. Mazumdar , Michael I. Jordan , S. Shankar Sastry

In this letter, we study dynamic game optimal control with imperfect state observations and introduce an iterative method to find a local Nash equilibrium. The algorithm consists of an iterative procedure combining a backward recursion…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-24 Armand Jordana , Bilal Hammoud , Justin Carpentier , Ludovic Righetti

This paper considers data-based solutions of linear-quadratic nonzero-sum differential games. Two cases are considered. First, the deterministic game is solved and Nash equilibrium strategies are obtained by using persistently excited data…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-15 Victor G. Lopez , Matthias A. Müller