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Poster

Minimally Modifying a Markov Game to Achieve Any Nash Equilibrium and Value

Young Wu · Jeremy McMahan · Yiding Chen · Yudong Chen · Jerry Zhu · Qiaomin Xie


Abstract:

We study the game modification problem, where a benevolent game designer or a malevolent adversary modifies the reward function of a zero-sum Markov game so that a target deterministic or stochastic policy profile becomes the unique Markov perfect Nash equilibrium and has a value within a target range, in a way that minimizes the modification cost. We characterize the set of policy profiles that can be installed as the unique equilibrium of a game and establish sufficient and necessary conditions for successful installation. We propose an efficient algorithm that solves a convex optimization problem with linear constraints and then performs random perturbation to obtain a modification plan with a near-optimal cost.

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