Convergence to Nash Equilibrium and No-regret Guarantee in (Markov) Potential Games

In this work, we study potential games and Markov potential games under stochastic cost and bandit feedback. We propose a variant of the Frank-Wolfe algorithm with sufficient exploration and recursive gradient estimation, which provably converges to the Nash equilibrium while attaining sublinear reg...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-04
Main Authors: Dong, Jing, Wang, Baoxiang, Yu, Yaoliang
Format: Article
Language:English
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Algorithms
Convergence
Game theory
Games
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Summary:In this work, we study potential games and Markov potential games under stochastic cost and bandit feedback. We propose a variant of the Frank-Wolfe algorithm with sufficient exploration and recursive gradient estimation, which provably converges to the Nash equilibrium while attaining sublinear regret for each individual player. Our algorithm simultaneously achieves a Nash regret and a regret bound of \(O(T^{4/5})\) for potential games, which matches the best available result, without using additional projection steps. Through carefully balancing the reuse of past samples and exploration of new samples, we then extend the results to Markov potential games and improve the best available Nash regret from \(O(T^{5/6})\) to \(O(T^{4/5})\). Moreover, our algorithm requires no knowledge of the game, such as the distribution mismatch coefficient, which provides more flexibility in its practical implementation. Experimental results corroborate our theoretical findings and underscore the practical effectiveness of our method.
ISSN:2331-8422