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Hauptverfasser: Liu, Vincent, Manzie, Chris, Dower, Peter M.
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08310
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author Liu, Vincent
Manzie, Chris
Dower, Peter M.
author_facet Liu, Vincent
Manzie, Chris
Dower, Peter M.
contents This paper develops an algorithm for upper- and lower-bounding the value function for a class of linear time-varying games subject to convex control sets. In particular, a two-player zero-sum differential game is considered where the respective players aim to minimise and maximise a convex terminal state cost. A collection of solutions of a single-player dynamical system subject to a trimmed control set is used to characterise a viscosity supersolution of a Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) equation, which in turn yields an upper bound for the value function. Analogously, a collection of hyperplanes is used to characterise a viscosity subsolution of the HJ equation, which yields a lower bound. The computational complexity and memory requirement of the proposed algorithm scales with the number of solutions and hyperplanes that characterise the bounds, which is not explicitly tied to the number of system states. Thus, the algorithm is tractable for systems of moderately high dimension whilst preserving rigorous guarantees for optimal control and differential game applications.
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spellingShingle Upper and Lower Bounds for a Class of Constrained Linear Time-Varying Games
Liu, Vincent
Manzie, Chris
Dower, Peter M.
Optimization and Control
49L25, 93C05, 49N70, 93B03
This paper develops an algorithm for upper- and lower-bounding the value function for a class of linear time-varying games subject to convex control sets. In particular, a two-player zero-sum differential game is considered where the respective players aim to minimise and maximise a convex terminal state cost. A collection of solutions of a single-player dynamical system subject to a trimmed control set is used to characterise a viscosity supersolution of a Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) equation, which in turn yields an upper bound for the value function. Analogously, a collection of hyperplanes is used to characterise a viscosity subsolution of the HJ equation, which yields a lower bound. The computational complexity and memory requirement of the proposed algorithm scales with the number of solutions and hyperplanes that characterise the bounds, which is not explicitly tied to the number of system states. Thus, the algorithm is tractable for systems of moderately high dimension whilst preserving rigorous guarantees for optimal control and differential game applications.
title Upper and Lower Bounds for a Class of Constrained Linear Time-Varying Games
topic Optimization and Control
49L25, 93C05, 49N70, 93B03
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08310