TY - JOUR
T1 - An asynchronous distributed and scalable generalized Nash equilibrium seeking algorithm for strongly monotone games
AU - Cenedese, Carlo
AU - Belgioioso, Giuseppe
AU - Grammatico, Sergio
AU - Cao, Ming
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this paper, we present three distributed algorithms to solve a class of Generalized Nash Equilibrium (GNE) seeking problems in strongly monotone games. The first one (SD-GENO) is based on synchronous updates of the agents, while the second and the third (AD-GEED and AD-GENO) represent asynchronous solutions that are robust to communication delays. AD-GENO can be seen as a refinement of AD-GEED, since it only requires node auxiliary variables, enhancing the scalability of the algorithm. Our main contribution is to prove convergence to a v-GNE variational-GNE (vGNE) of the game via an operator-theoretic approach. Finally, we apply the algorithms to network Cournot games and show how different activation sequences and delays affect convergence. We also compare the proposed algorithms to a state-of-the-art algorithm solving a similar problem, and observe that AD-GENO outperforms it.
AB - In this paper, we present three distributed algorithms to solve a class of Generalized Nash Equilibrium (GNE) seeking problems in strongly monotone games. The first one (SD-GENO) is based on synchronous updates of the agents, while the second and the third (AD-GEED and AD-GENO) represent asynchronous solutions that are robust to communication delays. AD-GENO can be seen as a refinement of AD-GEED, since it only requires node auxiliary variables, enhancing the scalability of the algorithm. Our main contribution is to prove convergence to a v-GNE variational-GNE (vGNE) of the game via an operator-theoretic approach. Finally, we apply the algorithms to network Cournot games and show how different activation sequences and delays affect convergence. We also compare the proposed algorithms to a state-of-the-art algorithm solving a similar problem, and observe that AD-GENO outperforms it.
KW - Asynchronous update
KW - Delayed communication
KW - Game theory
KW - Monotone games
KW - Operator theory
KW - Variational GNE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090486184&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejcon.2020.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ejcon.2020.08.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090486184
SN - 0947-3580
VL - 58
SP - 143
EP - 151
JO - European Journal of Control
JF - European Journal of Control
ER -