Linear-Quadratic Dynamic Games as Receding-Horizon Variational Inequalities

Journal Article (2025)
Author(s)

Emilio Benenati (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Sergio Grammatico (TU Delft - Team Sergio Grammatico)

Research Group
Team Sergio Grammatico
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2025.3632150 Final published version
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Publication Year
2025
Language
English
Research Group
Team Sergio Grammatico
Journal title
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Issue number
4
Volume number
71
Pages (from-to)
2404-2417
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Abstract

We consider dynamic games with linear dynamics and quadratic objective functions. We observe that the unconstrained open-loop Nash equilibrium coincides with a linear quadratic regulator in an augmented space, thus deriving an explicit expression of the cost-to-go. With such cost-to-go as a terminal cost, we show asymptotic stability for the receding-horizon solution of the finite-horizon, constrained game. Furthermore, we show that the problem is equivalent to a non-symmetric variational inequality, which does not correspond to any Nash equilibrium problem. For unconstrained closed-loop Nash equilibria, we derive a receding-horizon controller that is equivalent to the infinite-horizon one and ensures asymptotic stability.

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