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Partially Observable Markov Games (POMGs) provide a general framework for modeling multi-agent sequential decision-making under asymmetric information. A common approach is to reformulate a POMG as a fully observable Markov game over belief…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Lan Sang , Chinmay Maheshwari

Many real-world decision problems involve the interaction of multiple self-interested agents with limited sensing ability. The partially observable stochastic game (POSG) provides a mathematical framework for modeling these problems,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Tyler Becker , Zachary Sunberg

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

We study zero-sum differential games with state constraints and one-sided information, where the informed player (Player 1) has a categorical payoff type unknown to the uninformed player (Player 2). The goal of Player 1 is to minimize his…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Mukesh Ghimire , Lei Zhang , Zhe Xu , Yi Ren

We propose projection-free sequential algorithms for linear-quadratic dynamics games. These policy gradient based algorithms are akin to Stackelberg leadership model and can be extended to model-free settings. We show that if the leader…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-13 Jingjing Bu , Lillian J. Ratliff , Mehran Mesbahi

This paper aims to solve two fundamental problems on finite or infinite horizon dynamic games with perfect or almost perfect information. Under some mild conditions, we prove (1) the existence of subgame-perfect equilibria in general…

Economics · Quantitative Finance 2015-04-01 Wei He , Yeneng Sun

This paper focuses on a kind of linear quadratic non-zero sum differential game driven by backward stochastic differential equation with asymmetric information, which is a natural continuation of Wang and Yu [IEEE TAC (2010) 55: 1742-1747,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-06 Guangchen Wang , Hua Xiao , Jie Xiong

Dynamic games arise when multiple agents with differing objectives choose control inputs to a dynamic system. Dynamic games model a wide variety of applications in economics, defense, and energy systems. However, compared to single-agent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Bolei Di , Andrew Lamperski

This paper presents a novel data-driven approach for approximating the $\varepsilon$-Nash equilibrium in continuous-time linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) games, where multiple agents interact with each other through their dynamics and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-22 Zhenhui Xu , Jiayu Chen , Bing-Chang Wang , Tielong Shen

In dynamic games with asymmetric information structure, the widely used concept of equilibrium is perfect Bayesian equilibrium (PBE). This is expressed as a strategy and belief pair that simultaneously satisfy sequential rationality and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-15 Abhinav Sinha , Achilleas Anastasopoulos

This paper is concerned with a new type of differential game problems of forwardbackward stochastic systems. There are three distinguishing features: Firstly, our game systems are forward-backward doubly stochastic differential equations,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-09 Eddie C. M. Hui , Hua Xiao

Finite-horizon linear quadratic (LQ) games admit a unique Nash equilibrium, while infinite-horizon settings may have multiple. We clarify the relationship between these two cases by interpreting the finite-horizon equilibrium as a nonlinear…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Giulio Salizzoni , Sophie Hall , Maryam Kamgarpour

Policy gradient methods have become a staple of any single-agent reinforcement learning toolbox, due to their combination of desirable properties: iterate convergence, efficient use of stochastic trajectory feedback, and theoretically-sound…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Mingyang Liu , Gabriele Farina , Asuman Ozdaglar

One practical requirement in solving dynamic games is to ensure that the players play well from any decision point onward. To satisfy this requirement, existing efforts focus on equilibrium refinement, but the scalability and applicability…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Weizhe Chen , Zihan Zhou , Yi Wu , Fei Fang

This paper analyzes a finite horizon dynamic signaling game motivated by the well-known strategic information transmission problems in economics. The mathematical model involves information transmission between two agents, a sender who…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Muhammed Sayin , Emrah Akyol , Tamer Basar

We address cost identification in a finite-horizon linear quadratic Gaussian game. We characterize the set of cost parameters that generate a given Nash equilibrium policy. We propose a backpropagation algorithm to identify the time-varying…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-19 Kai Ren , Maryam Kamgarpour

Planning under motion and observation uncertainties requires solution of a stochastic control problem in the space of feedback policies. In this paper, we reduce the general (n^2+n)-dimensional belief space planning problem to an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-08-12 Mohammadhussein Rafieisakhaei , Suman Chakravorty , P. R. Kumar

In this paper, linear quadratic mean field games (LQMFGs) under heterogeneous erroneous initial information are investigated, focusing on how to achieve error correction by calculation based on the agents' own actual state and interactions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Yuxin Jin , Lu Ren , Wang Yao , Xiao Zhang

This paper develops a predictive compensation framework for finite-horizon, discrete-time linear quadratic dynamic games subject to Gauss-Markov execution deviations from feedback Nash strategies. One player's control is corrupted by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Navid Mojahed , Mahdis Rabbani , Shima Nazari

Finite-player dynamic games with dispersed private information are difficult because actions both move payoffs and reshape what opponents learn, generating hierarchies of beliefs about beliefs. This paper provides a recursive representation…

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