Mean field stochastic games with discrete states and mixed players

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

Volumn 105 LNICST, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-151

  Huang, Minyi ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

finite states; major player; mean field game; minor player

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE STATE; FINITE STATE; LIMITING STATE; LOCAL INFORMATION; MAJOR PLAYER; MARKOV DECISION PROBLEM; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MEAN FIELD; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; MEAN FIELD GAMES; MINOR PLAYER; NASH EQUILIBRIA; STATE DISTRIBUTIONS; STATE TRANSITIONS; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC GAME;

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 84873949201     PISSN: 18678211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35582-0_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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