A priori data-driven robustness guarantees on strategic deviations from generalised Nash equilibria

<p>In this paper we focus on noncooperative games with uncertain constraints coupling the agents&rsquo; decisions. We consider a setting where bounded deviations of agents&rsquo; decisions from the equilibrium are possible, and uncertain constraints are inferred from data. Building upo...

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Main Authors: Pantazis, G, Fele, F, Margellos, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024
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Summary:<p>In this paper we focus on noncooperative games with uncertain constraints coupling the agents&rsquo; decisions. We consider a setting where bounded deviations of agents&rsquo; decisions from the equilibrium are possible, and uncertain constraints are inferred from data. Building upon recent advances in the so called scenario approach, we propose a randomised algorithm that returns a nominal equilibrium such that a&nbsp;<em>pre-specified</em>&nbsp;bound on the probability of violation for yet unseen constraints is satisfied for an entire region of admissible deviations surrounding it&mdash;thus supporting neighbourhoods of equilibria with probabilistic feasibility certificates. For the case in which the game admits a potential function, whose minimum coincides with the social welfare optimum of the population, the proposed algorithmic scheme opens the road to achieve a trade-off between the guaranteed feasibility levels of the region surrounding the nominal equilibrium, and its system-level efficiency. Detailed numerical simulations corroborate our theoretical results.</p>