# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

July  2017, 4(3): 195-203. doi: 10.3934/jdg.2017012

## A note on differential games with Pareto-optimal NASH equilibria: Deterministic and stochastic models†

 Mathematics Department, CINVESTAV-IPN, A. Postal 14-740, México City, 07000, México

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† This research was partially supported by CONACyT grant 221291. The first author was also supported by a CONACyT scholarship.

Received  March 2017 Revised  April 2017 Published  April 2017

Pareto optimality and Nash equilibrium are two standard solution concepts for cooperative and non-cooperative games, respectively. At the outset, these concepts are incompatible-see, for instance, [7] or [10]. But, on the other hand, there are particular games in which Nash equilibria turn out to be Pareto-optimal [1], [4], [6], [18], [20]. A class of these games has been identified in the context of discrete-time potential games [13]. In this paper we introduce several classes of deterministic and stochastic potential differential games [12] in which open-loop Nash equilibria are also Pareto optimal.

Citation: Alejandra Fonseca-Morales, Onésimo Hernández-Lerma. A note on differential games with Pareto-optimal NASH equilibria: Deterministic and stochastic models. Journal of Dynamics & Games, 2017, 4 (3) : 195-203. doi: 10.3934/jdg.2017012
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† This research was partially supported by CONACyT grant 221291. The first author was also supported by a CONACyT scholarship.

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