Approximating Nash Equilibria in Normal-Form Games via Stochastic Optimization

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Auteurs principaux: Gemp, Ian, Marris, Luke, Piliouras, Georgios
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author Gemp, Ian
Marris, Luke
Piliouras, Georgios
author_facet Gemp, Ian
Marris, Luke
Piliouras, Georgios
contents We propose the first loss function for approximate Nash equilibria of normal-form games that is amenable to unbiased Monte Carlo estimation. This construction allows us to deploy standard non-convex stochastic optimization techniques for approximating Nash equilibria, resulting in novel algorithms with provable guarantees. We complement our theoretical analysis with experiments demonstrating that stochastic gradient descent can outperform previous state-of-the-art approaches.
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spellingShingle Approximating Nash Equilibria in Normal-Form Games via Stochastic Optimization
Gemp, Ian
Marris, Luke
Piliouras, Georgios
Computer Science and Game Theory
Multiagent Systems
We propose the first loss function for approximate Nash equilibria of normal-form games that is amenable to unbiased Monte Carlo estimation. This construction allows us to deploy standard non-convex stochastic optimization techniques for approximating Nash equilibria, resulting in novel algorithms with provable guarantees. We complement our theoretical analysis with experiments demonstrating that stochastic gradient descent can outperform previous state-of-the-art approaches.
title Approximating Nash Equilibria in Normal-Form Games via Stochastic Optimization
topic Computer Science and Game Theory
Multiagent Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06689