LLMs can collude in market divisions, maximizing profits.
problem Strategic collusion of LLM agents in multi-commodity markets.
method Examined LLMs in Cournot competition frameworks, analyzing pricing and resource allocation strategies.
result LLMs can monopolize specific commodities without direct human input or explicit collusion commands.
Investors' strategic trading affects asset prices, modeled as a game.
problem Investors' trading rates influence asset prices in dynamic markets.
method Model as a non-zero sum singular stochastic differential game, establishing equivalence between best-response and auxiliary control problems.
result Unique Nash equilibrium is deterministic with a closed-form solution.
Neoclassical economics has two theories of competition between profit-maximizing firms (Marshallian and Cournot-Nash) that start from different premises about the degree of strategic interaction between firms, yet reach the same result, that market price falls as the number of firms in an industry increases. The Marsha…
Quantum computing offers energy savings over classical computing.
problem Energy efficiency in computing services.
method Cournot competition model constrained by energy usage.
result Quantum computing firms can outperform classical counterparts in energy efficiency.
Supply uncertainty leads to inefficient supply chain network formation.
problem How supply uncertainty affects supply chain network structure.
method Modeling a supply chain network with uncertain yield, where retailers and suppliers must form relationships and compete.
result Retailers tend to link to too few suppliers, leading to insufficient diversification of the supply base.
Paper studies competitive networks where teams aim to minimize their own objectives, adapting to each other's strategies.
problem Competitive networks where teams have conflicting objectives.
method Proposes diffusion learning algorithms for two classes of network games: zero-sum and non-zero-sum.
result Stability performance of proposed algorithms analyzed and demonstrated through experiments.
Algorithmic collusion is an emerging concept in current artificial intelligence age. Whether algorithmic collusion is a creditable threat remains as an argument. In this paper, we propose an algorithm which can extort its human rival to collude in a Cournot duopoly competing market. In experiments, we show that, the al…
We consider the static and dynamic models of Cournot duopoly with tax evasion. In the dynamic model we introduce the time delay and we analyze the local stability of the stationary state. There is a critical value of the delay when the Hopf bifurcation occurs.
We introduce a quantitative approach to comparative statics that allows to bound the maximum effect of an exogenous parameter change on a system's equilibrium. The motivation for this approach is a well known paradox in multimarket Cournot competition, where a positive price shock on a monopoly market may actually redu…
This paper provides a coopetitive model for a global green economy, taking into account the environmental sustainability. In particular, we propose a differentiable coopetitive game G (in the sense recently introduced by D. Carf`ı) to represent a global green economy interaction, among a country c and the rest of the w…
New algorithm reduces risk in online games with limited feedback.
problem Risk-averse learning in repeated unknown games with bandit feedback.
method Proposes a momentum-based algorithm to estimate CVaR using historical cost values.
result Achieves sub-linear regret and outperforms existing methods in numerical experiments.
JIT liquidity providers can sometimes reduce overall market liquidity by crowding out passive LPs.
problem JIT liquidity providers can reduce overall market liquidity by crowding out passive LPs.
method Game-theoretic model with asymmetrically informed agents to analyze JIT liquidity provision in blockchain-based decentralized exchanges.
result JIT LPs only provide liquidity to uninformed orders and crowd out passive LPs when order volume is not sufficiently elastic to pool depth, potentially reducing overall market liquidity.
Model predicts stationary equilibrium in investment decisions of firms in fluctuating markets.
problem Investment decisions in fluctuating markets with varying volatility and commodity prices.
method Mean-field model with Gaussian productivity shocks and two-state Markov chain for macroeconomic events.
result Existence, uniqueness, and characterization of stationary mean-field equilibrium with barrier-type investment strategy.
Proposes CoPO, a new policy optimization method for competitive games.
problem Designing efficient optimization methods for competitive Markov decision processes.
method Competitive policy optimization (CoPO) approach that exploits game-theoretic nature of competitive games.
result Stable optimization, convergence to sophisticated strategies, and higher scores compared to baseline methods.
Kaggle competitions offer valuable insights for business forecasting.
problem Lack of attention to Kaggle competitions in academic forecasting studies.
method Review of results from six Kaggle competitions featuring real-life business forecasting tasks.
result Global ensemble models outperform local single models in Kaggle competitions.
The origin of economic crises is a key problem for economics. We present a model of long-run competitive markets to show that the multiplicity of behaviors in an economic system, over a long time scale, emerge as statistical regularities (perfectly competitive markets obey Bose-Einstein statistics and purely monopolist…
New framework promotes reproducible, domain-agnostic reinforcement learning algorithms.
problem Domain-specific, compute-resource-maximizing, and non-reproducible participant solutions in reinforcement learning competitions.
method Submission retraining, domain randomization, desemantization through domain obfuscation, and compute/environment-sample budget limitation.
result Participant submissions are reproducible, non-specific to the competition environment, and sample/resource efficient.
The real estate is a pillar industry of China's national economy. Due to changes in policy and market conditions, the real estate companies are facing greater pressures to survive in a competitive environment. They must improve their financial competitiveness. Based on the conceptual framework of financial competitiven…
First ABAW 2020 Competition analyzes affective behavior tasks.
problem Automatic analysis of valence-arousal, basic expressions, and action units in real-world scenarios.
method Provided Aff-Wild2 database, described Challenges, evaluation metrics, and top-performing systems.
result Demonstrated the feasibility of automatic affective behavior analysis in real-world settings.
Study examines machine learning competitions' impact on AI development.
problem Fostering innovation and skill development in AI.
method Analysis of major competition platforms, workflows, and participant demographics.
result MLCs promote collaboration, reproducibility, and continuous innovation in AI.
Bayesian rating system for large competitions improves prediction and efficiency.
problem Rating systems for large, competitive events like online programming contests.
method Developed a Bayesian rating system for many participants, proving robustness and runtime.
result The system outperforms existing systems in accuracy and computation speed.
MineRL Competition reduced reinforcement learning sample needs.
problem Sample inefficiency in reinforcement learning.
method Human demonstrations and imitation learning integrated into reinforcement learning algorithms.
result Top solutions used deep reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
This paper evaluates financial competitiveness of Indian real estate companies using entropy method.
problem Improving financial competitiveness of Indian real estate companies in a competitive market.
method Financial competitiveness evaluation index system using key financial ratios and a scoring system.
result Companies with high scores have strong profitability and operational capacity, while those with lower scores struggle with solvency and working capital.
Paper tackles online optimization with memory and competitive control.
problem Minimizing hitting and switching costs in online optimization problems.
method Optimistic Regularized Online Balanced Descent algorithm.
result Achieves a constant, dimension-free competitive ratio.
In this paper, the optimal pricing strategy in Avellande-Stoikov's for a monopolistic dealer is extended to a general situation where multiple dealers are present in a competitive market. The dealers' trading intensities, their optimal bid and ask prices and therefore their spreads are derived when the dealers are info…
Model predicts growth competition on curved surfaces.
problem Growth dynamics of two subsets on Riemannian manifolds.
method Modeling growth rates on spherically symmetric Riemannian manifolds.
result Conditions for bounded or unbounded growth on different manifolds.
Market competition depends on computational complexity, P != NP makes it impossible.
problem Competitive market outcomes require computational intractability.
method Analyzes the computational hardness of collusion detection in markets.
result If P != NP, collusion detection is computationally infeasible, making collusion unstable.
The M5 competition tackles overdispersed retail sales forecasting with GAMLSS.
problem Overdispersed and zero-inflated retail sales data.
method Distributional forecasting using GAMLSS framework.
result GAMLSS provides better probabilistic forecasting for count data.
Model predicts competition between similar products in sales.
problem Predicting cannibalization between similar products in sales.
method Developed a neural network model that computes a 'competitiveness' function based on product features.
result The model outperforms traditional methods in predicting market share.
Improved forecasting in daily time series competition using a correlator method.
problem Forecasting daily time series with data leakage issues.
method Ensemble of five statistical forecasting methods and a correlator method.
result The correlator method was responsible for most of the gains over naive forecasting.
The NIPS 2018 Adversarial Vision Challenge is a competition to facilitate measurable progress towards robust machine vision models and more generally applicable adversarial attacks. This document is an updated version of our competition proposal that was accepted in the competition track of 32nd Conference on Neural In…
Data competitions rely on real-time leaderboards to rank competitor entries and stimulate algorithm improvement. While such competitions have become quite popular and prevalent, particularly in supervised learning formats, their implementations by the host are highly variable. Without careful planning, a supervised lea…
Politicians world-wide frequently promise a better life for their citizens. We find that the probability that a country will increase its {\it per capita} GDP ({\it gdp}) rank within a decade follows an exponential distribution with decay constant λ=0.12. We use the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and the Global …
We introduce an irreversible discrete multiplicative process that undergoes Bose-Einstein condensation as a generic model of competition. New players with different abilities successively join the game and compete for limited resources. A player's future gain is proportional to its ability and its current gain. The the…
The study assesses how market competitiveness affects electricity price forecasting.
problem Impact of market competitiveness on electricity price estimation.
method Used a multi-layer perception model with back propagation and Levenberg-Marquardt mechanism, incorporating market power indices and other variables.
result Market power indices enhance forecasting accuracy of daily electricity prices.
We present a broad agenda for meaningful banking regulation reform aiming the creation of evolutive competitive environment to maximize the effectiveness of international financial system through the introduction of fair competition process among the banks in free market capitalism. We assume that the international fin…
FLAIR measures LP competitiveness in AMMs, improving LP performance evaluations.
problem LP returns are affected by both market risk and competitive strategies.
method Introduces FLAIR metric to quantify LP competitiveness and assesses its impact on LP returns.
result FLAIR captures dynamic behavior of LPs and differentiates between active provisioning strategies.
Kaggle chronicles 15 years of competitions, innovation, and data science.
problem Exploring 15 years of data science competitions and innovations.
method Longitudinal trend analysis and exploratory data analysis of millions of kernels and discussion threads.
result Kaggle is a growing platform with diverse use cases and adaptable Kagglers.
A competition increases financial transaction models' robustness against attacks.
problem Neural networks used by banks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks in financial transaction data.
method A novel competition where participants propose attacks and defenses, simulating real-world conditions.
result Participants' strategies and outcomes provide insights into improving financial transaction models' robustness.
This work bridges competitive learning with gradient-based learning for faster feature extraction.
problem Lack of powerful feature extractors in competitive learning methods.
method Introduces gradient-based competitive layers for feature extraction.
result Demonstrates theoretical equivalence and faster convergence of gradient-based competitive layers.
The authors propose a parametric model called the arena model for prediction in paired competitions, i.e. paired comparisons with eliminations and bifurcations. The arena model has a number of appealing advantages. First, it predicts the results of competitions without rating many individuals. Second, it takes full adv…
Study predicts individual treatment effects in ride-sharing competitions.
problem Understanding how team competitions affect individual drivers' outcomes.
method Analyzed data from 500 competitions, built machine learning models.
result Reduced out-sample prediction error by over 24%.
Two-layer model studies reinsurance contracts and competition between insurer and reinsurers.
problem Modeling and analyzing reinsurance contracts and competition between insurer and reinsurers.
method Two-layer stochastic game model with insurer negotiating with reinsurers, and reinsurers competing for business.
result Existence and uniqueness of equilibrium strategies for the insurer and reinsurers, characterized in semiclosed form.
Indirect competition emerged from the complex organization of human societies, and knowledge of the existing network topology may aid in developing effective strategies for success. Here, we propose an agent-based model of competition with systems co-existing in a `small-world' social network. We show that within the r…
The paper analyzes optimal stock position-building strategies in competitive markets.
problem Optimal stock position-building in competitive markets with market impact.
method Developed a game-theoretic framework to find best-response strategies.
result Closed-form solutions for equilibrium trading strategies were derived.
In this model study of the commodity market, we present some evidence of competition of commodities for the status of money in the regime of parameters, where emergence of money is possible. The competition reveals itself as a rivalry of a few (typically two) dominant commodities, which take the status of money in turn…
Replication confirms CGD's effectiveness in competitive games.
problem Reproducibility of a novel Nash equilibrium algorithm.
method Replicated experiments and provided Python implementation.
result CGD avoids oscillatory and divergent behaviours.
Competition aims to develop sample-efficient reinforcement learning methods.
problem Limited access to samples in reinforcement learning.
method Develops algorithms leveraging human demonstrations in Minecraft.
result Fosters innovation in sample-efficient reinforcement learning.