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Overview

This SpringerBrief deals with a class of discrete-time zero-sum Markov games with Borel state and action spaces, and possibly unbounded payoffs, under discounted and average criteria, whose state process evolves according to a shastic difference equation. The corresponding disturbance process is an observable sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables with unknown distribution for both players. Unlike the standard case, the game is played over an infinite horizon evolving as follows. At each stage, once the players have observed the state of the game, and before choosing the actions, players 1 and 2 implement a statistical estimation process to obtain estimates of the unknown distribution. Then, independently, the players adapt their decisions to such estimators to select their actions and construct their strategies. This book presents a systematic analysis on recent developments in this kind of games. Specifically, the theoretical foundations on the procedures combining statistical estimation and control techniques for the construction of strategies of the players are introduced, with illustrative examples. In this sense, the book is an essential reference for theoretical and applied researchers in the fields of shastic control and game theory, and their applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783030357191
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 01/29/2020
Series: SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics
Edition description: 1st ed. 2020
Pages: 120
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Zero-sum Markov games.- Discounted optimality criterion.- Average payoff criterion.- Empirical approximation-estimation algorithms in Markov games.- Difference-equation games: examples.- Elements from analysis.- Probability measures and weak convergence.- Shastic kernels.- Review on density estimation.
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