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In this paper, we address the challenge of Nash equilibrium (NE) seeking in non-cooperative convex games with partial-decision information. We propose a distributed algorithm, where each agent refines its strategy through projected-gradient…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-15 Duong Thuy Anh Nguyen , Mattia Bianchi , Florian Dörfler , Duong Tung Nguyen , Angelia Nedić

We address the Nash equilibrium problem in a partial-decision information scenario, where each agent can only observe the actions of some neighbors, while its cost possibly depends on the strategies of other agents. Our main contribution is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-07 Mattia Bianchi , Giuseppe Belgioioso , Sergio Grammatico

Adversarial team games model multiplayer strategic interactions in which a team of identically-interested players is competing against an adversarial player in a zero-sum game. Such games capture many well-studied settings in game theory,…

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Computing approximate Nash equilibria in multi-player general-sum Markov games is a computationally intractable task. However, multi-player Markov games with certain cooperative or competitive structures might circumvent this…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Zailin Ma , Jiansheng Yang , Zhihua Zhang

Nash equilibria are crucial for understanding game behavior and systems in economics, physics, biology, and computer science. A significant application arises from the connection between Nash equilibria and optimization problems . However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Giovanni Ferrannini , Dario di Gregorio , Federico Fissore

Generalized Nash equilibrium problems with mixed-integer variables constitute an important class of games in which each player solves a mixed-integer optimization problem, where both the objective and the feasible set is parameterized by…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Aloïs Duguet , Tobias Harks , Martin Schmidt , Julian Schwarz

This work studies Nash equilibrium seeking for a class of stochastic aggregative games, where each player has an expectation-valued objective function depending on its local strategy and the aggregate of all players' strategies. We propose…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-17 Tongyu Wang , Peng Yi , Jie Chen

Distributed Nash equilibrium (NE) seeking problem for multi-coalition games has attracted increasing attention in recent years, but the research mainly focuses on the case without agreement demand within coalitions. This paper considers a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-10 Jialing Zhou , Yuezu Lv , Guanghui Wen , Jinhu Lv , Dezhi Zheng

The Colonel Blotto game, formulated by Emile Borel, involves players allocating limited resources to multiple battlefields simultaneously, with the winner being the one who allocates more resources to each battlefield. Computation of the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Debtoru Chatterjee , Girish Tiwari , Niladri Chatterjee

We formulate for the first time the economic dispatch problem in an integrated electrical and gas distribution system as a game equilibrium problem between distributed prosumers. Specifically, by approximating the non-linear gas-flow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Wicak Ananduta , Sergio Grammatico

Security games model strategic interactions in adversarial real-world applications. Such applications often involve extremely large but highly structured strategy sets (e.g., selecting a distribution over all patrol routes in a given…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Jakub Černý , Chun Kai Ling , Christian Kroer , Garud Iyengar

Subgame solving is a technique for scaling algorithms to large games by locally refining a precomputed blueprint strategy during gameplay. While straightforward in perfect-information games where search starts from the current state,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Ondrej Kubicek , Viliam Lisy , Tuomas Sandholm

Equilibria of realistic multiplayer games constitute a key solution concept both in practical applications, such as online advertising auctions and electricity markets, and in analytical frameworks used to study strategic voting in…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Jakub Černý , Shuvomoy Das Gupta , Christian Kroer

Noticing that physical limitations are ubiquitous in practical engineering systems, this paper considers Nash equilibrium seeking for games in systems where the control inputs are bounded. More specifically, first-order integrator-type…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Maojiao Ye

Demand response has been a promising solution for accommodating renewable energy in power systems. In this study, we consider a demand response scheme within a distribution network facing an energy supply deficit. The utility company…

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This work proposes a novel distributed approach for computing a Nash equilibrium in convex games with merely monotone and restricted strongly monotone pseudo-gradients. By leveraging the idea of the centralized operator extrapolation method…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Tatiana Tatarenko , Angelia Nedich

We address the generalized Nash equilibrium seeking problem in a partial-decision information scenario, where each agent can only exchange information with some neighbors, although its cost function possibly depends on the strategies of all…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Mattia Bianchi , Giuseppe Belgioioso , Sergio Grammatico

Many important real-world settings contain multiple players interacting over an unknown duration with probabilistic state transitions, and are naturally modeled as stochastic games. Prior research on algorithms for stochastic games has…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-19 Sam Ganzfried

Data injection attacks have recently emerged as a significant threat on the smart power grid. By launching data injection attacks, an adversary can manipulate the real-time locational marginal prices to obtain economic benefits. Despite the…

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We consider potential games with mixed-integer variables, for which we propose two distributed, proximal-like equilibrium seeking algorithms. Specifically, we focus on two scenarios: i) the underlying game is generalized ordinal and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-28 Filippo Fabiani , Barbara Franci , Simone Sagratella , Martin Schmidt , Mathias Staudigl