A general characterization of the mean field limit for stochastic differential games

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 581-648

  Lacker, Daniel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

60F05; 91A06; 93E20

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936864615     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-015-0641-9     Document Type: Article

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