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
Link To Document :
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