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In this paper, we utilize the variational structure to study the existence and asymptotic profiles of ground states in multi-population ergodic Mean-field Games systems subject to some local couplings with mass critical exponents. Of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Fanze Kong , Juncheng Wei , Xiaoyu Zeng

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

We address in this paper a fundamental question that arises in mean-field games (MFGs), namely whether mean-field equilibria (MFE) for discrete-time finite-horizon MFGs can be used to obtain approximate stationary as well as non-stationary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Uğur Aydın , Tamer Başar , Naci Saldi

This paper studies a discrete-time major-minor mean field game of stopping where the major player can choose either an optimal control or stopping time. We look for the relaxed equilibrium as a randomized stopping policy, which is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Xiang Yu , Jiacheng Zhang , Keyu Zhang , Zhou Zhou

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 analyse fully nonlinear second-order mean field games (MFG) with nondifferentiable Hamiltonians, which take the form of a coupled system of a fully nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and a Kolmogorov-Fokker-Planck partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Thomas Sales , Iain Smears

In this paper, we investigate a class of mean field games where the mean field interactions are achieved through the joint (conditional) distribution of the controlled state and the control process. The strategies are of $open\;loop$ type,…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-08-05 Mao Fabrice Djete

We consider discrete-time stationary mean field games (MFG) with unknown dynamics and design algorithms for finding the equilibrium with finite-time complexity guarantees. Prior solutions to the problem assume either the contraction of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Sihan Zeng , Sujay Bhatt , Alec Koppel , Sumitra Ganesh

We consider reaction-diffusion systems and other related dissipative systems on unbounded domains which would have a Liapunov function (and gradient structure) when posed on a finite domain. In this situation, the system may reach local…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-02 Alexander Mielke , Stefanie Schindler

We study the large time behavior of solutions to the porous medium equation in nonhomogeneous media with critical singular density $$ |x|^{-2}\partial_{t}u=\Delta u^m, \quad \hbox{in} \ \real^N\times(0,\infty), $$ where $m>1$ and $N\geq3$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-30 Razvan Iagar , Ariel Sánchez Valdés

In the presence of a common noise, we study the convergence problems in mean field game (MFG) and mean field control (MFC) problem where the cost function and the state dynamics depend upon the joint conditional distribution of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-08-29 Mao Fabrice Djete

In this paper, we use mean field games (MFGs) to investigate approximations of $N$-player games with uniformly symmetrically continuous heterogeneous closed-loop actions. To incorporate agents' risk aversion (beyond the classical expected…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-26 Ziteng Cheng , Sebastian Jaimungal

We consider a class of systems of time dependent partial differential equations which arise in mean field type models with congestion. The systems couple a backward viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation and a forward Kolmogorov equation both…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-27 Yves Achdou , Alessio Porretta

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

This paper develops a unified framework for proving the existence of solutions to stationary first-order mean-field games (MFGs) based on the theory of monotone operators in Banach spaces. We cast the coupled MFG system as a variational…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Rita Ferreira , Diogo Gomes , Melih Ucer

We establish the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the master equation for a mean field game of controls with absorption. The mean field game arises as a continuum limit of a dynamic game of exhaustible resources modeling Cournot…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-25 P. Jameson Graber , Ronnie Sircar

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

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

The theory of mean field games is a tool to understand noncooperative dynamic stochastic games with a large number of players. Much of the theory has evolved under conditions ensuring uniqueness of the mean field game Nash equilibrium.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Bruce Hajek , Michael Livesay

We study an ergodic mean field game problem with state constraints. In our model the agents are affected by idiosyncratic noise and use a (singular) feedback control to prevent the Brownian motion from exiting the domain. We characterize…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-05 Alessio Porretta , Michele Ricciardi