Z -equilibria in Bi-matrix games with uncertain payoffs
RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Tome 54 (2020) no. 2, pp. 393-412.

The concept of Z-equilibrium has been introduced by Zhuk-ovskii (Mathematical Methods in Operations Research. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (1985) 103–195) for games in normal form. This concept is always Pareto optimal and individually rational for the players. Moreover, Pareto optimal Nash equilibria are Z-equilibria. We consider a bi-matrix game whose payoffs are uncertain variables. By appropriate ranking criteria of Liu uncertainty theory, we introduce some concepts of equilibrium based on Z-equilibrium for such games. We provide sufficient conditions for the existence of the introduced concepts. Moreover, using mathematical programming, we present a procedure for their computation. A numerical example is provided for illustration.

DOI : 10.1051/ro/2019007
Classification : 91A05, 90B50, 68T37
Mots-clés : Bi-matrix game, Pareto optimal, uncertainty theory, $$-equilibrium
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Achemine, Farida; Merakeb, Abdelkader; Larbani, Moussa; Marthon, Philippe. $Z$-equilibria in Bi-matrix games with uncertain payoffs. RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Tome 54 (2020) no. 2, pp. 393-412. doi : 10.1051/ro/2019007. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/ro/2019007/

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