Recent developments in machine learning methods for stochastic control and games
R Hu, M Lauriere - arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.10257, 2023 - arxiv.org
Stochastic optimal control and games have a wide range of applications, from finance and
economics to social sciences, robotics, and energy management. Many real-world …
economics to social sciences, robotics, and energy management. Many real-world …
Numerical methods for mean field games and mean field type control
M Lauriere - Mean field games, 2021 - books.google.com
Mean Field Games (MFG) have been introduced to tackle games with a large number of
competing players. Considering the limit when the number of players is infinite, Nash …
competing players. Considering the limit when the number of players is infinite, Nash …
Optimal incentives to mitigate epidemics: a Stackelberg mean field game approach
Motivated by the models of epidemic control in large populations, we consider a Stackelberg
mean field game model between a principal and a mean field of agents whose states evolve …
mean field game model between a principal and a mean field of agents whose states evolve …
Analysis of a finite state many player game using its master equation
E Bayraktar, A Cohen - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2018 - SIAM
We consider an n-player symmetric stochastic game with weak interactions between the
players. Time is continuous, and the horizon and the number of states are finite. We show …
players. Time is continuous, and the horizon and the number of states are finite. We show …
A unifying framework for submodular mean field games
J Dianetti, G Ferrari, M Fischer… - … of Operations Research, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
We provide an abstract framework for submodular mean field games and identify verifiable
sufficient conditions that allow us to prove the existence and approximation of strong mean …
sufficient conditions that allow us to prove the existence and approximation of strong mean …
Convergence of deep fictitious play for stochastic differential games
Stochastic differential games have been used extensively to model agents' competitions in
Finance, for instance, in P2P lending platforms from the Fintech industry, the banking system …
Finance, for instance, in P2P lending platforms from the Fintech industry, the banking system …
Linear convergence of a policy gradient method for some finite horizon continuous time control problems
C Reisinger, W Stockinger, Y Zhang - SIAM Journal on Control and …, 2023 - SIAM
Despite its popularity in the reinforcement learning community, a provably convergent policy
gradient method for continuous space-time control problems with nonlinear state dynamics …
gradient method for continuous space-time control problems with nonlinear state dynamics …
Deep backward and galerkin methods for the finite state master equation
A Cohen, M Laurière, E Zell - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04975, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper proposes and analyzes two neural network methods to solve the master equation
for finite-state mean field games (MFGs). Solving MFGs provides approximate Nash …
for finite-state mean field games (MFGs). Solving MFGs provides approximate Nash …
[PDF][PDF] Deep learning solutions to master equations for continuous time heterogeneous agent macroeconomic models
We propose and compare new global solution algorithms for continuous time
heterogeneous agent economies with aggregate shocks. First, we approximate the state …
heterogeneous agent economies with aggregate shocks. First, we approximate the state …
Approximation of N-player stochastic games with singular controls by mean field games
This paper establishes that a class of $ N $-player stochastic games with singular controls,
either of bounded velocity or of finite variation, can both be approximated by mean field …
either of bounded velocity or of finite variation, can both be approximated by mean field …