Learning in linear games over networks

Ceyhun Eksin*, Pooya Molavi, Alejandro Ribeiro, Ali Jadbabaie

*Corresponding author for this work

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12 Scopus citations

Abstract

We consider a dynamic game over a network with information externalities. Agents' payoffs depend on an unknown true state of the world and actions of everyone else in the network; therefore, the interactions between agents are strategic. Each agent has a private initial piece of information about the underlying state and repeatedly observes actions of her neighbors. We consider strictly concave and supermodular utility functions that exhibit a quadratic form. We analyze the asymptotic behavior of agents' expected utilities in a connected network when it is common knowledge that the agents are myopic and rational. When utility functions are symmetric and adhere to the diagonal dominance criterion, each agent believes that the limit strategies of her neighbors yield the same payoff as her own limit strategy. Given a connected network, this yields a consensus in the actions of agents in the limit. We demonstrate our results using examples from technological and social settings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2012 50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2012
Pages434-440
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2012 - Monticello, IL, United States
Duration: Oct 1 2012Oct 5 2012

Publication series

Name2012 50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2012

Other

Other2012 50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonticello, IL
Period10/1/1210/5/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications

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