AI in Game Theory: Theory and Applications
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E5: Financial Mathematics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1027
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Interests: Game Theory; multi-objective optimization; evolutionary algorithms; patent analysis; environmental sustainability
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2. Department of Economics, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy
Interests: mathematical economics; Game Theory; decision theory; risk management; bargaining theory; finance; econophysics; quantum finance; quantum mechanics; schwartz distribution theory; differential manifolds; relativity
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Dear Colleagues,
In Game Theory, every agent tries to maximize their own profit (utility, payoff, …), in possible competition (mutual dependence) with each other, and, therefore, optimal decisions occur in the presence of utility tradeoffs.
In comparison to a simple multi-objective optimization problem, in Game Theory, the payoff functions of the players vary, showing an interdependence, a kind of indirect interaction, since the payoff of one player depends also upon the strategies of the other players; any player directly affects the payoffs of the others. Often, when binding agreements are allowed, the complex nature of the interaction does not allow us to find compromised solutions in closed-forms. In this case, solving the problem consists of computing (or approximating) a representative boundary of Pareto optimal solutions.
Evolutionary algorithms, which are evolutionary AI-based computer applications, are popular approaches that generate Pareto optimal solutions to Game Theory problems. They use mechanisms that are typically associated with biological evolution and solve problems by continuously exploring promising search space.
AI can so improve decision-making in Game Theory thanks to the ability of rapidly analyzing big sets of data while simulating many different scenarios of the strategy spaces, and thanks to the ability of remembering what happened in previous games and taking into account the most convenient search space for improving the solution.
In this Special Issue, we encourage submissions providing possible applications of AI in Game Theory. The topics of interest for this publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Artificial Intelligence in Game Theory.
- Artificial Intelligence in decision-making.
- Evolutionary algorithms in Game Theory.
Machine learning in Pareto fronts.
Dr. Alessia Donato
Prof. Dr. David Carfì
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- Game Theory
- decision-making
- evolutionary algorithm
- Pareto front
- machine learning
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