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On the maxmin value of stochastic games with imperfect monitoring

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VIEILLE, Nicolas ()
ROSENBERG, Dinah ()
SOLAN, Eilon ()

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We study zero-sum stochastic games in which players do not observe the actions of the opponent. Rather, they observe a stochastic signal that may depend on the state, and on the pair of actions chosen by the players. We assume each player observes the state and his own action.

We propose a candidate for the max-min value, which does not depend on the information structure of player 2. We prove that player 2 can defend the proposed max-min value, and that in absorbing games player 1 can guarantee it. Analogous results hold for the min-max value. This paper thereby unites several results due to Coulomb.

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Paper provided by HEC Paris in its series Les Cahiers de Recherche with number 760.

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Date of creation: 24 Dec 2001
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Keywords: Stochastic games; partial monitoring; value;

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C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games

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  1. Nicolas, VIEILLE & Eilon, SOLAN, 2003. "Deterministic Multi-Player Dynkin Games," Les Cahiers de Recherche 772, HEC Paris. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Abraham Neyman, 2002. "Stochastic games: Existence of the MinMax," Discussion Paper Series dp295, Center for Rationality and Interactive Decision Theory, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. [Downloadable!]
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