Nash equilibria for large-population linear stochastic systems of weakly coupled agents

Analysis, Control and Optimization of Complex Dynamic Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 215-252

  Huang, Minyi ^a   Malhamé, Roland P ^b   Caines, Peter E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84885764330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-25477-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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