ISSN:
1573-2878
Keywords:
Nash games
;
Stackelberg games
;
information structure
;
informational properties
;
informationally stronger players
;
Kalman filter
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract In this paper, we study the impact of informativeness on the performance of linear quadratic Gaussian Nash and Stackelberg games. We first show that, in two-person static Nash games, if one of the players acquires more information, then this extra information is beneficial to him, provided that it is orthogonal to both players' information. A special case is that when one of the players is informationally stronger than the other, then any new information is beneficial to him. We then show that a similar result holds for dynamic Nash games. In the dynamic games, the players use strategies that are linear functions of the current estimates of the state, generated by two Kalman filters. The same properties are proved to hold in static and feedback Stackelberg games as well.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00939334
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