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most citedLearning in Discounted-cost and Average-cost Mean-field Games

8 citations · 14 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

math.OC2026

Entropy-Regularized Mean-Field Games with Average-Reward Criterion: Span-Seminorm Contractions and Model-Free Learning

Gunes Akbas, Naci Saldi, Berkay Anahtarci +1

We study stationary discrete-time mean-field games with finite state and action spaces under the average-reward criterion, with an entropy-regularized objective and population-depe…

math.SP2026

High-Index Asymptotics of Mathieu Spectral Gaps and Splittings

Berkay Anahtarci

Consider the Mathieu operator for fixed . For large enough , the periodic ( even) or anti-periodic ( odd) problem on…

cs.LG2026

NL-PAC: Specification Ambiguity and Certified Minimax Risk Floors in LLM-Mediated Supervision

Berkay Anahtarci

Large language models increasingly provide labels, evaluations, and feedback for tasks specified in natural language. When a specification admits multiple readings but the supervis…

cs.LG2026

Maximum Entropy Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Mean-Field Games with Average Reward

Şevket Kaan Alkır, Naci Saldı, Berkay Anahtarcı +1

We study inverse reinforcement learning for discrete-time, infinite-horizon mean-field games (MFGs) under an average-reward criterion. Expert demonstrations are assumed to arise fr…

cs.LG2025

Kernel Based Maximum Entropy Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Mean-Field Games

Berkay Anahtarci, Can Deha Kariksiz, Naci Saldi

We consider the maximum causal entropy inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) problem for infinite-horizon stationary mean-field games (MFG), in which we model the unknown reward fun…

eess.SY2024

Maximum Causal Entropy IRL in Mean-Field Games and GNEP Framework for Forward RL

Berkay Anahtarci, Can Deha Kariksiz, Naci Saldi

This paper explores the use of Maximum Causal Entropy Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) within the context of discrete-time stationary Mean-Field Games (MFGs) characterized by f…

math.OC2020★ 4 cited

Q-Learning in Regularized Mean-field Games

Berkay Anahtarci, Can Deha Kariksiz, Naci Saldi

In this paper, we introduce a regularized mean-field game and study learning of this game under an infinite-horizon discounted reward function. Regularization is introduced by addi…

eess.SY2019★ 8 cited

Learning in Discounted-cost and Average-cost Mean-field Games

Berkay Anahtarcı, Can Deha Karıksız, Naci Saldi

We consider learning approximate Nash equilibria for discrete-time mean-field games with nonlinear stochastic state dynamics subject to both average and discounted costs. To this e…

eess.SY2019

Value Iteration Algorithm for Mean-field Games

Berkay Anahtarci, Can Deha Kariksiz, Naci Saldi

In the literature, existence of mean-field equilibria has been established for discrete-time mean field games under both the discounted cost and the average cost optimality criteri…

math.SP2013

Asymptotics of spectral gaps of 1D Dirac operator with two exponential terms potential

Berkay Anahtarci, Plamen Djakov

The one-dimensional Dirac operator \begin{equation*} L = i \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \end{pmatrix} \frac{d}{dx} +\begin{pmatrix} 0 & P(x) \\ Q(x) & 0 \end{pmatrix}, \quad P,Q…

math.SP2012★ 2 cited

Improved asymptotics of the spectral gap for the Mathieu operator

Berkay Anahtarci, Plamen Djakov

The Mathieu operator {equation*} L(y)=-y"+2a \cos{(2x)}y, \quad a\in \mathbb{C},\;a\neq 0, {equation*} considered with periodic or anti-periodic boundary conditions has, close to $…