Large-scale dynamics of mean-field games driven by local nash equilibria

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-115

  Degond, Pierre ^a,b   Liu, Jian Guo ^c   Ringhofer, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best reply scheme; Coarse graining procedure; Continuum of players; Kinetic theory; Local Nash equilibrium; Macroscopic closure; Non cooperative non atomic anonymous games; Potential games; Rational agent; Social herding behavior

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; KINETIC THEORY;

ANONYMOUS GAMES; BEST-REPLY SCHEME; COARSE GRAINING; CONTINUUM OF PLAYERS; HERDING BEHAVIORS; LOCAL NASH EQUILIBRIUMS; MACROSCOPIC CLOSURE; POTENTIAL GAMES; RATIONAL AGENTS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84898548072     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-013-9185-2     Document Type: Article

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