Title :
Learning for repeated constrained games in counter-coalition space
Author :
Poznyak, Alexander S. ; Godoy-Alcántar, Martín ; Gómez-Ramírez, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Control Autom., CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
Abstract :
The paper deals with the design and analysis of a learning gradient-type strategy for N-person averaged constrained game with incomplete information. Each player is modelled by a stochastic variable-structure learning automation (a simplest single state Markov chain). Using the "joint payoff function", the considered game problem is formulated in terms of, so-called, counter-coalition variables. A special δ-regularization is introduced. Such approach does not require the "diagonal concavity" conditions to guarantee the uniqueness of the Nash equilibrium. The asymptotic convergence of the suggested learning procedure is analyzed.
Keywords :
Markov processes; convergence; learning automata; stochastic games; Markov chain; Nash equilibrium; asymptotic convergence; constrained games; counter coalition space; diagonal concavity; joint payoff function; learning automation; Automatic control; Convergence; Information analysis; Learning automata; Nash equilibrium; Random variables; Stochastic processes; Strain control;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 2003. Proceedings. 42nd IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7924-1
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2003.1272207