DocumentCode
3165547
Title
A gossip algorithm for aggregative games on graphs
Author
Koshal, J. ; Nedic, Angelia ; Shanbhag, Uday V.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Ind. & Enterprise Syst. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
10-13 Dec. 2012
Firstpage
4840
Lastpage
4845
Abstract
We consider a class of games, termed as aggregative games, being played over a distributed multi-agent networked system. In an aggregative game, an agent´s objective function is coupled through a function of the aggregate of all agents decisions. Every agent maintains an estimate of the aggregate and agents exchange this information over a connected network. We study the gossip-based distributed algorithm for the exchange of information and computation of equilibrium decisions of agents over the network. Our primary emphasis lies in proving the convergence of the algorithm under an assumption of a diminishing (agent-specific) step-size sequence. Under standard conditions, we establish the almost-sure convergence of the generated sequence to the unique equilibrium point.
Keywords
convergence; distributed algorithms; game theory; graph theory; multi-agent systems; agent objective function; agents decisions; aggregative games; almost-sure convergence; connected network; diminishing step-size sequence; distributed multiagent networked system; gossip algorithm; gossip-based distributed algorithm; graphs; standard conditions; Aggregates; Algorithm design and analysis; Clocks; Convergence; Educational institutions; Games; Vectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Decision and Control (CDC), 2012 IEEE 51st Annual Conference on
Conference_Location
Maui, HI
ISSN
0743-1546
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2065-8
Electronic_ISBN
0743-1546
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CDC.2012.6426136
Filename
6426136
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