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January  2014, 1(1): 105-119. doi: 10.3934/jdg.2014.1.105

Average optimal strategies for zero-sum Markov games with poorly known payoff function on one side

Fernando Luque-Vásquez 1, and  J. Adolfo Minjárez-Sosa 2,

1. 

Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Sonora, Rosales s/n, Centro, C.P. 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
2. 

Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Sonora, Rosales s/n, Centro, C.P. 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora,, Mexico

Received  January 2012 Revised  June 2012 Published  June 2013

We are concerned with two-person zero-sum Markov games with Borel spaces under a long-run average criterion. The payoff function is possibly unbounded and depends on a parameter which is unknown to one of the players. The parameter and the payoff function can be estimated by implementing statistical methods. Thus, our main objective is to combine such estimation procedure with a variant of the so-called vanishing discount approach to construct an average optimal pair of strategies for the game. Our results are applied to a class of zero-sum semi-Markov games.
Keywords: average payoff criterion, incomplete information, Zero-sum Markov and semi-Markov games, payoff estimation..
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 91A15; Secondary: 62F1.
Citation: Fernando Luque-Vásquez, J. Adolfo Minjárez-Sosa. Average optimal strategies for zero-sum Markov games with poorly known payoff function on one side. Journal of Dynamics & Games, 2014, 1 (1) : 105-119. doi: 10.3934/jdg.2014.1.105
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F. Luque-Vásquez, Zero-sum semi-Markov games in Borel spaces: Discounted and average payoff, Bol. Soc. Mat. Mexicana (3), 8 (2002), 227-241.  Google Scholar

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J. A. Minjárez-Sosa and F. Luque-Vásquez, Two person zero-sum semi-Markov games with unknown holding times distribution in one side: A discounted payoff criterion, Appl. Math. Optim., 57 (2008), 289-305. doi: 10.1007/s00245-007-9016-7.  Google Scholar

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K. Najim, A. S. Poznyak and E. Gómez, Adaptive policy for two finite Markov chains zero-sum stochastic game with unknown transition matrices and average payoffs, Automatica J. IFAC, 37 (2001), 1007-1018. doi: 10.1016/S0005-1098(01)00050-4.  Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

H. S. Chang, Perfect information two-person zero-sum Markov games with imprecise transition probabilities, Math. Meth. Oper. Res., 64 (2006), 335-351. doi: 10.1007/s00186-006-0081-5.  Google Scholar

[2]

J. I. González-Trejo, O. Hernández-Lerma and L. F. Hoyos-Reyes, Minimax control of discrete-time stochastic systems, SIAM J. Control Optim., 41 (2003), 1626-1659. doi: 10.1137/S0363012901383837.  Google Scholar

[3]

E. I. Gordienko and J. A. Minjárez-Sosa, Adaptive control for discrete-time Markov processes with unbounded costs: Discounted criterion, Kybernetika (Prague), 34 (1998), 217-234.  Google Scholar

[4]

M. K. Ghosh, D. McDonald and S. Sinha, Zero-sum stochastic games with partial information, J. Optimiz. Theory Appl., 121 (2004), 99-118. doi: 10.1023/B:JOTA.0000026133.56615.cf.  Google Scholar

[5]

O. Hernández-Lerma and J. B. Lasserre, "Discrete-Time Markov Control Processes. Basic Optimality Criteria," Applications of Mathematics (New York), 30, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1996.  Google Scholar

[6]

O. Hernández-Lerma and J. B. Lasserre, "Further Topics on Discrete-Time Markov Control Processes," Applications of Mathematics (New York), 42, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1999.  Google Scholar

[7]

O. Hernández-Lerma and J. B. Lasserre, Zero-sum stochastic games in Borel spaces: Average payoff criteria, SIAM J. Control Optim., 39 (2001), 1520-1539. doi: 10.1137/S0363012999361962.  Google Scholar

[8]

A. Jaśkiewicz and A. Nowak, Zero-sum ergodic stochastic games with Feller transition probabilities, SIAM J. Control Optim., 45 (2006), 773-789. doi: 10.1137/S0363012904443257.  Google Scholar

[9]

A. Krausz and U. Rieder, Markov games with incomplete information, Math. Meth. Oper. Res., 46 (1997), 263-279. doi: 10.1007/BF01217695.  Google Scholar

[10]

H.-U. Küenle, On Markov games with average reward criterion and weakly continuous transition probabilities, SIAM J. Control Optim., 45 (2007), 2156-2168. doi: 10.1137/040617303.  Google Scholar

[11]

E. L. Lehmann and G. Casella, "Theory of Point Estimation," Second edition, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998.  Google Scholar

[12]

F. Luque-Vásquez, Zero-sum semi-Markov games in Borel spaces: Discounted and average payoff, Bol. Soc. Mat. Mexicana (3), 8 (2002), 227-241.  Google Scholar

[13]

J. A. Minjárez-Sosa and F. Luque-Vásquez, Two person zero-sum semi-Markov games with unknown holding times distribution in one side: A discounted payoff criterion, Appl. Math. Optim., 57 (2008), 289-305. doi: 10.1007/s00245-007-9016-7.  Google Scholar

[14]

J. A. Minjárez-Sosa and O. Vega-Amaya, Asymptotically optimal strategies for adaptive zero-sum discounted Markov games, SIAM J. Control Optim., 48 (2009), 1405-1421. doi: 10.1137/060651458.  Google Scholar

[15]

K. Najim, A. S. Poznyak and E. Gómez, Adaptive policy for two finite Markov chains zero-sum stochastic game with unknown transition matrices and average payoffs, Automatica J. IFAC, 37 (2001), 1007-1018. doi: 10.1016/S0005-1098(01)00050-4.  Google Scholar

[16]

N. Shimkin and A. Shwartz, Asymptotically efficient adaptive strategies in repeated games. I. Certainty equivalence strategies, Math. Oper. Res., 20 (1995), 743-767. doi: 10.1287/moor.20.3.743.  Google Scholar

[17]

N. Shimkin and A. Shwartz, Asymptotically efficient adaptive strategies in repeated games. II. Asymptotic optimality, Math. Oper. Res., 21 (1996), 487-512. doi: 10.1287/moor.21.2.487.  Google Scholar

[18]

J. A. E. E. Van Nunen and J. Wessels, A note on dynamic programming with unbounded rewards, Manag. Sci., 24 (1978), 576-580. Google Scholar

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