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20242026
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10 papers

math.OC2026

Mean-Field PhiBE: Continuous-Time Mean-Field Reinforcement Learning from Discrete-Time Data

Erhan Bayraktar, Martin Hernandez, Qinxin Yan +1

This paper addresses model-free continuous-time mean-field control in a setting where the population dynamics evolve continuously according to an unknown McKean-Vlasov stochastic d…

math.OC2026

Mean-Field Control with a Common Hidden State under Decentralized Observations

Erhan Bayraktar, Ali D. Kara

We study optimal control of a system with multiple decision makers who share a common hidden state and receive fully decentralized observations through identical channels. The dyna…

math.OC2026

Equilibrium for Time-inconsistent Mean Field Games: A Systematic Analysis by Entropy Regularization

Erhan Bayraktar, Zhenhua Wang, Xiang Yu +1

This paper studies the existence and approximation of equilibria for general time-inconsistent mean field game (MFG) problems in continuous time. To handle the intricate nonlocal e…

math.OC2026

Policy Gradient for Continuous-Time Mean-Field Control

Erhan Bayraktar, Martin Hernandez, Qinxin Yan +1

This paper develops a policy gradient method for entropy-regularized mean-field control in the discounted infinite-horizon setting. We consider randomized feedback policies and a c…

math.OC2026

Analytical Approach to Continuous-Time Causal Optimal Transport

Julio Backhoff, Erhan Bayraktar, Ibrahim Ekren +1

We study causal optimal transport in continuous time, with Markovian cost, between a finite-state Markov source and a diffusion target. By replacing the source with its conditional…

cs.LG2026

Continuous-time Online Learning via Mean-Field Neural Networks: Regret Analysis in Diffusion Environments

Erhan Bayraktar, Bingyan Han, Ziqing Zhang

We study continuous-time online learning where data are generated by a diffusion process with unknown coefficients. The learner employs a two-layer neural network, continuously upd…