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In this work, we consider a multi-user mobile edge computing system with multiple computing access points (CAPs). Each mobile user has multiple dependent tasks that must be processed in a round-by-round schedule. In every round, a user may…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-04 Eric Jiang , Meng-Hsi Chen , Ben Liang , Min Dong

Auto-bidding has become a cornerstone of modern online advertising platforms, enabling many advertisers to automate bidding at scale and optimize campaign performance. However, prevailing industrial systems rely on single-agent auto-bidding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Zhiyu Mou , Miao Xu , Rongquan Bai , Zhuoran Yang , Chuan Yu , Jian Xu , Bo Zheng

In system analysis and design optimization, multiple computational models are typically available to represent a given physical system. These models can be broadly classified as high-fidelity models, which provide highly accurate…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Ruda Zhang , Negin Alemazkoor

Multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization (MFBO) accelerates the search for the global optimum of black-box functions by integrating inexpensive, low-fidelity approximations. The central task of an MFBO policy is to balance the cost-efficiency…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Md Abir Hossen , Mohammad Ali Javidian , Vignesh Narayanan , Jason M. O'Kane , Pooyan Jamshidi

This work introduces a novel blackbox optimization algorithm for computationally expensive constrained multi-fidelity problems. When applying a direct search method to such problems, the scarcity of feasible points may lead to numerous…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Stéphane Alarie , Charles Audet , Miguel Diago , Sébastien Le Digabel , Xavier Lebeuf

The performance of multiuser systems is both difficult to measure fairly and to optimize. Most resource allocation problems are non-convex and NP-hard, even under simplifying assumptions such as perfect channel knowledge, homogeneous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-04-27 Emil Björnson , Gan Zheng , Mats Bengtsson , Björn Ottersten

We investigate Nash equilibrium learning in a competitive Markov Game (MG) environment, where multiple agents compete, and multiple Nash equilibria can exist. In particular, for an oligopolistic dynamic pricing environment, exact Nash…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Larkin Liu

The concept of Nash equilibrium (NE), pivotal within game theory, has garnered widespread attention across numerous industries. Recent advancements introduced several quantum Nash solvers aimed at identifying pure strategy NE solutions…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Yu Qian , Kai Ni , Thomas Kämpfe , Cheng Zhuo , Xunzhao Yin

In the post-Dennard era, optimizing embedded systems requires navigating complex trade-offs between energy efficiency and latency. Traditional heuristic tuning is often inefficient in such high-dimensional, non-smooth landscapes. In this…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Zheyuan Hu , Yifei Shi

Multi-fidelity optimization employs surrogate models that integrate information from varying levels of fidelity to guide efficient exploration of complex design spaces while minimizing the reliance on (expensive) high-fidelity objective…

The distributed computation of a Nash equilibrium (NE) for non-cooperative games is gaining increased attention recently. Due to the nature of distributed systems, privacy and communication efficiency are two critical concerns. Traditional…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-09 Xiaomeng Chen , Wei Huo , Kemi Ding , Subhrakanti Dey , Ling Shi

This paper investigates Nash equilibrium (NE) seeking problems for noncooperative games over multi-players networks with finite bandwidth communication. A distributed quantized algorithm is presented, which consists of local gradient play,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-11-16 Ziqin Chen , Ji Ma , Shu Liang , Li Li

Computing equilibria of games is a central task in computer science. A large number of results are known for \emph{Nash equilibrium} (NE). However, these can be adopted only when coalitions are not an issue. When instead agents can form…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-20 Nicola Gatti , Marco Rocco , Tuomas Sandholm

Save for some special cases, current training methods for Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are at best guaranteed to converge to a `local Nash equilibrium` (LNE). Such LNEs, however, can be arbitrarily far from an actual Nash…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Frans A. Oliehoek , Rahul Savani , Jose Gallego , Elise van der Pol , Roderich Groß

In multiparty multiobjective optimization problems, solution sets are usually evaluated using classical performance metrics, aggregated across DMs. However, such mean-based evaluations may be unfair by favoring certain parties, as they…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Zifan Zhao , Peilan Xu , Wenjian Luo

We present a new algorithm for computing pure-strategy $\varepsilon$-Bayes-Nash equilibria ($\varepsilon$-BNEs) in combinatorial auctions with continuous value and action spaces. An essential innovation of our algorithm is to separate the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-05 Vitor Bosshard , Benedikt Bünz , Benjamin Lubin , Sven Seuken

In many scientific and engineering applications, we are tasked with the maximisation of an expensive to evaluate black box function $f$. Traditional settings for this problem assume just the availability of this single function. However, in…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-03-19 Kirthevasan Kandasamy , Gautam Dasarathy , Junier B. Oliva , Jeff Schneider , Barnabas Poczos

Generalized Nash equilibrium (GNE) problems are commonly used to model strategic interactions between self-interested agents who are coupled in cost and constraints. Specifically, the variational GNE, a refinement of the GNE, is often…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-29 Sophie Hall , Florian Dörfler , Heinrich H. Nax , Saverio Bolognani

Modern robotic systems frequently engage in complex multi-agent interactions, many of which are inherently multi-modal, i.e., they can lead to multiple distinct outcomes. To interact effectively, robots must recognize the possible…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Maulik Bhatt , Iman Askari , Yue Yu , Ufuk Topcu , Huazhen Fang , Negar Mehr

Novelty search (NS) refers to a class of exploration algorithms that seek to uncover diverse system behaviors through simulations or experiments. Such diversity is central to many AI-driven discovery and design tasks, including material and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-07-31 Wei-Ting Tang , Ankush Chakrabarty , Joel A. Paulson