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Stochastic Multiplayer Games: Theory and Algorithms (Pallas Proefschriften)

Book information

Publisher
Pallas Publications
Year
2010
ISBN
9085550408, 9789085550402
Google Books ID
hr0C7qcV6-QC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2071351 bytes)
Series
Pallas Proefschriften
Pages
175\175
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Stochastic games provide a versatile model for reactive systems that are affected by random events. This dissertation advances the algorithmic theory of stochastic games to incorporate multiple players, whose objectives are not necessarily conflicting. The basis of this work is a comprehensive complexity-theoretic analysis of the standard game-theoretic solution concepts in the context of stochastic games over a finite state space. One main result is that the constrained existence of a Nash equilibrium becomes undecidable in this setting. This impossibility result is accompanied by several positive results, including efficient algorithms for natural special cases.

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