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| Author(s): |
Bueno, L. F.
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Haeser, G.
;
Kolossoski, O.
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | SIAM JOURNAL ON OPTIMIZATION; v. 35, n. 3, p. 31-pg., 2025-01-01. |
| Abstract | |
A common strategy for solving an unconstrained two-player Nash equilibrium problem with continuous variables is applying Newton's method to the system obtained by the corresponding first-order necessary optimality conditions. However, when taking into account the game dynamics, it is not clear what is the goal of each player when considering they are taking their current decision following Newton's iterates. In this paper we provide an interpretation for Newton's iterate as follows: instead of minimizing the quadratic approximation of the objective functions parameterized by the other player current decision (the Jacobi-type strategy), we show that the Newton iterate follows this approach but with the objective function parameterized by a prediction of the other player action. This interpretation allows us to present a new Newtonian algorithm where a backtracking procedure is introduced in order to guarantee that the computed Newtonian directions, for each player, are descent directions for the corresponding parameterized functions. Thus, besides favoring global convergence, our algorithm also favors true minimizers instead of maximizers or saddle points, unlike the standard Newton method, which does not consider the minimization structure of the problem in the nonconvex case. Thus, our method is more robust compared to other Jacobi-type strategies or the pure Newtonian approach, which is corroborated by our numerical experiments. We also present a proof of the well-definiteness of the algorithm under some standard assumptions, together with a preliminary analysis of its convergence properties taking into account the game dynamics. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/07375-0 - CeMEAI - Center for Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry |
| Grantee: | Francisco Louzada Neto |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC |
| FAPESP's process: | 22/05803-3 - Cutting, packing, lot-sizing, scheduling, routing and location problems and their integration in industrial and logistics settings |
| Grantee: | Reinaldo Morabito Neto |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 23/08706-1 - Numerical optimization |
| Grantee: | Ernesto Julián Goldberg Birgin |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/02528-8 - Newton-type methods for linear and nonlinear optimization |
| Grantee: | Luis Felipe Cesar da Rocha Bueno |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 21/05007-0 - Numerical methods for Nash equilibrium problems with descent criteria |
| Grantee: | Oliver Kolossoski |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |