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Main Authors: Matsuo, Shota, Kume, Keita, Yamada, Isao
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.11094
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  • The equilibrium selection problem in the generalized Nash equilibrium problem (GNEP) has recently been studied as an optimization problem, defined over the set of all variational equilibria achievable through a lower-level non-cooperative game among players. However, to make such a selection fair for every player, we have to rely on an unrealistic assumption, that is, the availability of a trusted center that does not induce any bias for every player. In this paper, we study a new equilibrium selection problem, named the hierarchical Nash equilibrium problem (HNEP), and propose an iterative algorithm for solving the HNEP. The HNEP is designed to ensure a fair selection without assuming any trusted center. More precisely, the HNEP is the GNEP for an upper-level non-cooperative game defined over the set of all variational equilibria of the lower-level non-cooperative game. The proposed algorithm for the HNEP is established by applying the hybrid steepest descent method to a variational inequality defined over the fixed point set of a quasi-nonexpansive operator. Numerical experiments show the effectiveness of the proposed equilibrium selection problem and its algorithmic solution.