Trends and Prospects in Control and Dynamic Games
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Applied Mathematics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dynamic games; nonlinear control; control applications
Interests: stochastic games; probability theory; applied mathematics
Interests: engineering; automatic control; applied mathematics; computer sciences
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Dear Colleagues,
New and exciting developments and applications in control theory and dynamic game theory have emerged in recent years. These include new approaches to dealing with uncertainties, nonlinear dynamics, time delays, and data-driven models, which raise the theory's applicability in real-world problems.
The main purpose of this Special Issue is to disclose the latest progress on the critical role of mathematics in developing such approaches. This Special Issue targets an interdisciplinary audience of researchers, industry practitioners, and scholars to share and exchange new ideas on the use of the control and dynamic game theory.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Mathematical foundations of the theory of deterministic and stochastic control and dynamic games on a finite or infinite horizon.
- Theory and applications of degenerate deterministic and stochastic dynamic games (controlled systems) on a finite or infinite horizon.
- Theory and applications of non-zero sum deterministic and stochastic dynamic games on a finite or infinite horizon.
- Basic and advanced criteria of equilibria for zero and nonzero-sum of deterministic and stochastic dynamic games on a finite or infinite horizon.
- Mean-field game theory applied to systems controlled by one or many agents on a finite or infinite horizon and under a suitable optimality criterion.
- Real-world applications of any of the above.
We look forward to your contributions!
Prof. Dr. Manuel Alejandro Jiménez-Lizárraga
Dr. Daniel Lopez-Barrientos
Prof. Dr. Alexander S. Poznyak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stochastic optimal control
- robust optimal control
- nonlinear dynamic games
- stochastic games
- game theory in economics
- applications of game theory
- time delay games
- game over graphs
- infinite-horizon deterministic and stochastic games
- finite-horizon deterministic and stochastic games
- random horizon deterministic and stochastic games
- rolling horizon deterministic and stochastic games
- mean-field game theory
- robust games
- games-against-nature
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