Article ID: | iaor20123937 |
Volume: | 153 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 662 |
End Page Number: | 687 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
Journal: | Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications |
Authors: | Hernndez-Lerma Onsimo, Escobedo-Trujillo Beatris, Lpez-Barrientos Daniel |
Keywords: | optimization |
This paper deals with zero‐sum stochastic differential games with long‐run average payoffs. Our main objective is to give conditions for existence and characterization of bias and overtaking optimal equilibria. To this end, first we characterize the family of optimal average payoff strategies. Then, within this family, we impose suitable conditions to determine the subfamilies of bias and overtaking equilibria. A key step to obtain these facts is to show the existence of solutions to the average payoff optimality equations. This is done by the usual ‘vanishing discount’ approach. Finally, a zero‐sum game associated to a certain manufacturing process illustrates our results.