2 papers
cs.GT2023
Min-Max Optimization Made Simple: Approximating the Proximal Point Method via Contraction Maps
Volkan Cevher, Georgios Piliouras, Ryann Sim +1
In this paper we present a first-order method that admits near-optimal convergence rates for convex/concave min-max problems while requiring a simple and intuitive analysis. Simila…
cs.GT2022
Fast Convergence of Optimistic Gradient Ascent in Network Zero-Sum Extensive Form Games
Georgios Piliouras, Lillian Ratliff, Ryann Sim +1
The study of learning in games has thus far focused primarily on normal form games. In contrast, our understanding of learning in extensive form games (EFGs) and particularly in EF…