Special Issue Editors: Margarida Carvalho, Tobias Harks, Simone Sagratella, Martin Schmidt
Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024
Completion: November 30, 2024
Many real-world applications require to model the interaction of
multiple self-interested decision makers, whose decisions may depend
on each other. These non-cooperative multi-agent frameworks can either
be modeled as simultaneous or hierarchical games, leading to
(generalized) Nash equilibrium or bilevel problems – or even
combinations of the two. While classic theory and algorithms for these
classes of problems mainly deal with convex games with continuous
variables, many applications make it necessary to consider
mixed-integer quantities, which are very challenging to tackle both
from a theoretical and a numerical perspective. The aim of this
special issue is to extend and broaden both the theory and algorithms
for multi-agent optimization problems with mixed-integer
variables. Preference will be given to high-quality contributions with
a special emphasis on exact methods.
Topics of Interest
Of great interest for this special issue are topics around
mixed-integer (generalized) Nash equilibrium models, mixed-integer
bilevel or hierarchical problems, mixed-integer variational
inequalities, or combinations thereof. Contributions proposing methods
for nonconvex programs that encompass as special cases any of these
mixed-integer multi-agent problems are welcome if such a relationship
is explicitly discussed. Subject areas include but are not limited to:
- theory of mixed-integer games (simultaneous or hierarchical) such as
existence or uniqueness theory as well as complexity theory;
- computational methods for the mentioned problems, preferably exact
methods or approximation methods with quality theory;
- challenging and innovative applications.
Submission
Please submit manuscripts through the Springer online system (if you
are a new author to the system you will be required to create a system
login) https://www.editorialmanager.com/mmor and, when asked to
"Choose Article Type", select "S.I.: Mixed-Integer Multi-Agent
Optimization".
Submission of a manuscript implies (i) that the work described has not
been published before, (ii) that it is not under consideration for
publication anywhere else, and (iii) that its publication has been
approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible
authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work
has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally
responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
The journal imposes no hard limits on the paper length as long as what
authors write is important. A paper length of about 20 pages in
journal format is appreciated. Submissions that exceed 40 pages in
journal format (including illustrations and references) should however
be accompanied by a short justification as to why a briefer discussion
is not possible. Full author instructions may be found at
http://www.springer.com/186/submission-guidelines.
Any questions related to this special issue should be sent to:
Margarida Carvalho, University of Montreal, Canada, carvalho@iro.umontreal.ca
Tobias Harks, University of Passau, Germany, tobias.harks@uni-passau.de
Simone Sagratella, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy sagratella@diag.uniroma1.it
Martin Schmidt, Trier University, Germany, martin.schmidt@uni-trier.de
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