Title :
Decision Problems with Multiple Probabilistic Models
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering and Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois, 1101 W. Springfield Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801
Abstract :
This paper discusses stochastic multi-agent team problems wherein the decision makers have different probabilistic models of the underlying decision process. A suitable equilibrium solution concept is introduced for such decision problems which exhibit probabilistic multi-modeling, and the existence, uniqueness and stability properties of this equilibrium solution are studied under static information patterns. The special case of Gaussian distributions is studied in some depth, and some explicit equilibrium policies are derived for both discrete and continuous-time team problems.
Keywords :
Contracts; Decision making; Extraterrestrial measurements; Game theory; Gaussian distribution; Hilbert space; Mathematical model; Nash equilibrium; Robustness; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 1983
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA