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20182026
most citedLogarithmic regret for episodic continuous-time linear-quadratic reinforcement learning over a finite-time horizon

12 citations · 34 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

math.OC2026

Decentralized Decision-Making among Heterogeneous Autonomous Vehicles: An -Potential Game Framework

Anran Hu, Zhexin Wang, Yufei Zhang +1

We study noncooperative multi-vehicle games among heterogeneous autonomous vehicles, where each vehicle adopts a decentralized closed-loop policy based on its own state, and optimi…

math.OC2026

Dynamic Portfolio Optimization under CVaR Constraints

Anran Hu, Silvana M. Pesenti, Xiaofei Shi

We study continuous-time dynamic portfolio optimization under a Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) constraint on the investor's terminal loss. For a general class of convex trading o…

math.OC2025

-Potential Games for Decentralized Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles

Xuan Di, Anran Hu, Zhexin Wang +1

Designing scalable and safe control strategies for large populations of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) requires accounting for strategic interactions among heterogeneous a…

math.OC2025

Mean-Field Games with Constraints

Anran Hu, Zijiu Lyu

This paper introduces a framework of Constrained Mean-Field Games (CMFGs), where each agent solves a constrained Markov decision process (CMDP). This formulation captures scenarios…

math.OC2025

Continuous-time mean field games: a primal-dual characterization

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Jiacheng Zhang +1

This paper establishes a primal-dual formulation for continuous-time mean field games (MFGs) and provides a complete analytical characterization of the set of all Nash equilibria (…

math.OC2025

Homogenization and Mean-Field Approximation for Multi-Player Games

Rama Cont, Anran Hu

We investigate how the framework of mean-field games may be used to study strategic interactions in large heterogeneous populations. Starting from a partition of the player populat…

cs.HC2024★ 1 cited

Persona-L has Entered the Chat: Leveraging LLM and Ability-based Framework for Personas of People with Complex Needs

Lipeipei Sun, Tianzi Qin, Anran Hu +5

We present Persona-L, a novel approach for creating personas using Large Language Models (LLMs) and an ability-based framework, specifically designed to improve the representation…

math.OC2024

MF-OML: Online Mean-Field Reinforcement Learning with Occupation Measures for Large Population Games

Anran Hu, Junzi Zhang

Reinforcement learning for multi-agent games has attracted lots of attention recently. However, given the challenge of solving Nash equilibria for large population games, existing…

cs.GT2023

MFGLib: A Library for Mean-Field Games

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Matteo Santamaria +2

Mean-field games (MFGs) are limiting models to approximate -player games, with a number of applications. Despite the ever-growing numerical literature on computation of MFGs, th…

math.OC2022★ 1 cited

Optimization frameworks and sensitivity analysis of Stackelberg mean-field games

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Jiacheng Zhang

This paper proposes and studies a class of discrete-time finite-time-horizon Stackelberg mean-field games, with one leader and an infinite number of identical and indistinguishable…

math.OC2022★ 2 cited

MF-OMO: An Optimization Formulation of Mean-Field Games

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Junzi Zhang

This paper proposes a new mathematical paradigm to analyze discrete-time mean-field games. It is shown that finding Nash equilibrium solutions for a general class of discrete-time…

cs.LG2021

Theoretical Guarantees of Fictitious Discount Algorithms for Episodic Reinforcement Learning and Global Convergence of Policy Gradient Methods

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Junzi Zhang

When designing algorithms for finite-time-horizon episodic reinforcement learning problems, a common approach is to introduce a fictitious discount factor and use stationary polici…

math.OC2021★ 3 cited

Reinforcement learning for linear-convex models with jumps via stability analysis of feedback controls

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Yufei Zhang

We study finite-time horizon continuous-time linear-convex reinforcement learning problems in an episodic setting. In this problem, the unknown linear jump-diffusion process is con…

math.OC2020★ 12 cited

Logarithmic regret for episodic continuous-time linear-quadratic reinforcement learning over a finite-time horizon

Matteo Basei, Xin Guo, Anran Hu +1

We study finite-time horizon continuous-time linear-quadratic reinforcement learning problems in an episodic setting, where both the state and control coefficients are unknown to t…

cs.LG2020★ 4 cited

A General Framework for Learning Mean-Field Games

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Renyuan Xu +1

This paper presents a general mean-field game (GMFG) framework for simultaneous learning and decision-making in stochastic games with a large population. It first establishes the e…

math.OC2019★ 7 cited

Learning Mean-Field Games

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Renyuan Xu +1

This paper presents a general mean-field game (GMFG) framework for simultaneous learning and decision-making in stochastic games with a large population. It first establishes the e…

math.PR2018★ 4 cited

Consistency and Computation of Regularized MLEs for Multivariate Hawkes Processes

Xin Guo, Anran Hu, Renyuan Xu +1

This paper proves the consistency property for the regularized maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) of multivariate Hawkes processes (MHPs). It also develops an alternating minimiz…