DocumentCode
6240
Title
Distributed Tracking of Correlated Equilibria in Regime Switching Noncooperative Games
Author
Namvar Gharehshiran, Omid ; Krishnamurthy, Vikram ; Yin, George
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Volume
58
Issue
10
fYear
2013
fDate
Oct. 2013
Firstpage
2435
Lastpage
2450
Abstract
We consider a class of regime-switching noncooperative repeated games where agents exchange information over a graph. The parameters of the game (number of agents, payoffs, information exchange graph) evolve randomly over time according to a Markov chain. We present a regret-based stochastic approximation algorithm with constant step-size that prescribes how individual agents update their randomized strategies over time. We show that, if the Markov chain jump changes on the same timescale as the adaptation rate of the stochastic approximation algorithm and agents independently follow this algorithm, their collective behavior is agile in tracking the time-varying convex polytope of correlated equilibria. The analysis is carried out using weak convergence methods and Lyapunov stability of switched Markovian differential inclusions.
Keywords
Lyapunov methods; Markov processes; approximation theory; game theory; graph theory; multi-agent systems; stability; time-varying systems; Lyapunov stability; Markov chain jump; agent information exchange graph; correlated equilibria; distributed tracking; randomized strategies; regime-switching noncooperative repeated games; regret-based stochastic approximation algorithm; switched Markovian differential inclusions; time-varying convex polytope; Algorithm design and analysis; Approximation algorithms; Approximation methods; Games; Markov processes; Switches; Coordination in decision making; Lyapunov stability; Markov chain; correlated equilibrium; noncooperative game; regime-switching differential inclusion; stochastic approximation; tracking;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9286
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAC.2013.2256684
Filename
6493402
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