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Title
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English:Application of Irrational Decisions to Simple Experimentation to Guarantee Welfare Maximization 
Author
Japanese: 和佐 泰明, 畑中 健志, 藤田 政之.  
English: Y. Wasa, T. Hatanaka, M. Fujita.  
Language English 
Journal/Book name
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English:SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration 
Volume, Number, Page Vol. 7    No. 4    pp. 199-204
Published date 2014 
Publisher
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English:SICE 
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DOI https://doi.org/10.9746/jcmsi.7.199
Abstract This paper investigates potential game theoretic cooperative control. In particular, it focuses on payoff-based learning for potential games with a potential function equal to the formulated social welfare function. One of the authors' previous works on the topic provided a conjecture that taking irrational decisions in the payoff-based learning process is essential in achieving the potential function maximization. To reinforce the conjecture, the authors refine an algorithm, called simple experimentation, and present a novel payoff-based learning algorithm with irrational decisions. Then, the maximization is rigorously proved. The effectiveness of the present algorithm is finally demonstrated through simulation.

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