On the exponential rate of convergence of fictitious play in potential games

Brian Swenson, Soummya Kar

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Abstract

The paper studies fictitious play (FP) learning dynamics in continuous time. It is shown that in almost every potential game, and for almost every initial condition, the rate of convergence of FP is exponential. In particular, the paper focuses on studying the behavior of FP in potential games in which all equilibria of the game are regular, as introduced by Harsanyi. Such games are referred to as regular potential games. Recently it has been shown that almost all potential games (in the sense of the Lebesgue measure) are regular. In this paper it is shown that in any regular potential game (and hence, in almost every potential game), FP converges to the set of Nash equilibria at an exponential rate from almost every initial condition.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication55th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages275-279
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538632666
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2017
Event55th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2017 - Monticello, United States
Duration: Oct 3 2017Oct 6 2017

Publication series

Name55th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2017
Volume2018-January

Other

Other55th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonticello
Period10/3/1710/6/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Signal Processing
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Control and Optimization

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