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A generalized Nash game is an m-person noncooperative game in which each player’s strategy depends on the rivals’ strategies. Based on a quasi-variational inequality formulation for the generalized Nash game, we present two projection-like methods for solving the generalized Nash equilibria in this paper. It is shown that under certain assumptions, these methods are globally convergent. Preliminary computational experience is also reported.
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This research was supported by Hong Kong University Grant Council under the CERG Project CityU and CUHK 103105, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 70471002, 10571106, 10701047).
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Zhang, J., Qu, B. & Xiu, N. Some projection-like methods for the generalized Nash equilibria. Comput Optim Appl 45, 89–109 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10589-008-9173-x
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