Multigrid methods for two-player zero-sum stochastic games

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Abstract

We present a fast numerical algorithm for large scale zero-sum stochastic games with perfect information, which combines policy iteration and algebraic multigrid methods. This algorithm can be applied either to a true finite state space zero-sum two-player game or to the discretization of an Isaacs equation. We present numerical tests on discretizations of Isaacs equations or variational inequalities. We also present a full multilevel policy iteration, similar to full multigrid algorithm (FMG), which allows one to improve substantially the computation time for solving some variational inequalities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)313-342
Number of pages30
JournalNumerical Linear Algebra with Applications
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Algebraic multigrid methods
  • Dynamic programming
  • Hamilton-Jacobi equations
  • Isaacs equations
  • Policy iteration
  • Two-player zero-sum stochastic games
  • Variational inequalities

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