Barbara Franci (Game Theory and Resource Allocation)

<p>In this episode I have a lovely conversation with Dr Barbara Franci about her research into game theory, exploring both theoretical concepts (such as variational inequalities, forwards-backwards algorithms, and stochastic Nash equilibrium-seeking problems) and practical applications, including resource allocation, energy management, and generative adversarial networks!</p><p> </p><p>You can find the transcript at: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h9AbCPzzlt7ggNOGx3bK3pwSaCUo__LtYzvdJ-5wqYw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h9AbCPzzlt7ggNOGx3bK3pwSaCUo__LtYzvdJ-5wqYw/edit?usp=sharing</a></p><p> </p><p>Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/</a></p><p>Or connect with me directly: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>Barbara Franci: <a href="https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/b-franci" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/b-franci</a></p><p>PhD thesis: <a href="https://tesidottorato.depositolegale.it/bitstream/20.500.14242/198173/1/FRANCI%20Tesi2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tesidottorato.depositolegale.it/bitstream/20.500.14242/198173/1/FRANCI%20Tesi2.pdf</a></p><p>More background on evolutionary games: <a href="https://users.ssc.wisc.edu/~whs/teaching/805/handbook.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://users.ssc.wisc.edu/~whs/teaching/805/handbook.pdf</a></p><p>Jeff Shamma inConctrol episode: <a href="https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/18482182-ep40-jeff-shamma-gain-scheduling-nonlinear-control-learning-dissipativity-in-games-jiu-jitsu" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/18482182-ep40-jeff-shamma-gain-scheduling-nonlinear-control-learning-dissipativity-in-games-jiu-jitsu </a></p><p><br></p><p>Wisdom of a crowd paper: <a href="https://epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1137/18M1232267" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1137/18M1232267</a></p><p>Francesco Bullo: <a href="https://fbullo.github.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://fbullo.github.io/</a></p><p>Original Galton paper: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/075450a0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.nature.com/articles/075450a0</a></p><p> </p><p>Video on the Lagrangian: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4ff0dTLTw" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4ff0dTLTw</a></p><p>Useful lecture notes on these concepts: <a href="https://www.mit.edu/~gfarina/notes/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.mit.edu/~gfarina/notes/</a></p><p> </p><p>Distributed forwards-backwards paper: <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9309063" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9309063</a></p><p>Extragradient paper: <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11184508" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11184508</a></p><p>Relaxed inertial forwards-backwards paper: <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9682905" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9682905</a></p><p> </p><p>Professor Lacra Pavel: <a href="https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/people/pavel-l/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/people/pavel-l/</a></p><p>Deterministic decoupling paper: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330888828_An_operato