Mean Field Games

Abstract

Definition Mean Field Game theory studies the existence of Nash equilibria, together with the individual strategies which (MFG) generate them, in games involving a large number of agents modeled by controlled stochastic dynamical systems. This is achieved by exploiting the relationship between the finite and corresponding infinite limit population problems. The solution of the infinite population problem is given by the fundamental MFG Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) and Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov (FPK) equations which are linked by the state distribution of a generic agent, otherwise known as the system's mean field.