xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DYNAMIC GAMES E-LETTER, issue No. 19, 8 September 1995 Edited by Raimo P. Hamalainen and Harri Ehtamo Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology ISDG@HUT.FI xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear Dynamic Game Theorist, This is the nineteenth issue of the Society's electronic newsletter. The basic minimum work principle in editing this e-letter is that the READERS send important notes and information about symposia, conferences and workshops of dynamic games, as well as abstracts of Ph.D. theses, papers and books, which they want to be included in the newsletter. The format is described below. 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Hamalainen September 8 ISDG Joins the Web ISDG now has a home page in the World Wide Web at http://www.hut.fi/Units/Systems.Analysis/isdg Currently the pages contain a short description of the society, a list of members, and copies of the past issues of ISDG News. Let us know if you have a homepage of your own so we can link you to the ISDG pages. Have a look at the pages of Systems Analysis Laboratory, too: http://www.hut.fi/Units/Systems Analysis/ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by Geert Jan Olsder August 24 The third volume of the Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games will appear in this year. The contents of the volume are based on selected presentations made at the 6th DG Symposium in St Jovite, Canada, in July 1994. Every paper that appears in the volume has passed through a stringent reviewing process, just as publications in archival Journals. TITLE: NEW TRENDS IN DYNAMIC GAMES AND APPLICATIONS EDITOR: GEERT JAN OLSDER PUBLISHER: BIRKHAUSER 1995 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part I. Minimax control P. Bernhard: Expected values, feared values, and partial information optimal control E. Fridman: H-infinity control of nonlinear singularly perturbed systems and invariant manifolds E. Altman and V. Gaitsgory: A hybrid (differential-stochastic) zero-sum game with fast stochastic part Z. Pan and T. Basar: H-infinity control of markovian jump systems and solutions to associated piecewise-deterministic differential games B. Fristedt, S. Lapic and W. D. Sudderth: The big match on the integers Part II. Pursuit evasion H. J. Pesch, I. Gabler, S. Miesbacfh and M. H. Breitner: Synthesis of optimal strategies for differential games by neural networks Y. Lipman and J. Shinar: A linera pursuit-evasion game with a state constraint for a highly maneuverable evader R. Lachner, M. H. Breitner and H. J. Pesch: Three dimensional air combat: Numerical solution of complex differential games S. I. Kumkov and V. S. Patsko: Control of informational sets in pursuit problem S. Le Menec and P. Bernhard: Decision support system for medium range aerial duels combining elements of pursuit-evasion game solutions with AI techniques G. J. Olsder and O. Pourtallier: Optimal selection of observation times in a costly information game D. Neveu, J. P. Pignon, A Raimondo, J. M. Nicolas and O. Pourtallier: Pursuit games with costly information: Application to the ASW Helicopter versus submarine game A. A. Chikrii and P. V. Prokopovich: Linear avoidance in the case of interaction of controlled objects groups Part III. Solution methods M. Bardi, S. Pollacin and M. Falcone: Convergence of discrete schemes for discontinuous value functions of pursuit-evasion games M. M. Tidball: Undiscounted zero sum differential games with stopping times A. A. Chikrii and J. S. Rappoport: Guarantee result in differential games with terminal payoff Part IV. Nonzero-sum games, theory T-Y. Li and Z. Gajic: Lyapunov iterations for solving coupled algebraic Riccati equations of Nash differential games and algebraic Riccati equation of zero-sum games D. Carlson and A. Haurie: A turnpike theory for infinite horizon open-loop differential games with decoupled controls H. Xu and K. Mizukami: Team-optimal closed-loop Stackelberg strategies for discrete time descriptor systems H. Ehtamo and J. Ruusunen: On independence of irrelevant alternatives and dynamic programming in dynamic bargaining games L. A. Petrosjan: The Shapley value for differential games Part V. Nonzero-sum games, applications S. Jorgensen: Dynamic game theory and management strategy S. Clemhout and H. Wan, Jr.: Endogenous growth as a dynamic game W. G. S. Hines: Searching for degenerate dynamics in animal conflict game models involving sexual reproduction xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx contributed by Tamer Basar August 25 Announcing a New Publication H-infinity Optimal Control and Related Minimax Design Problems A Dynamic Game Approach Second Edition Tamer Basar and Pierre Bernhard -From the Backcover- One of the major concentrated activities of the past decade in control theory has been the development of the so-called ``H-infinity optimal control theory,'' which addresses the issue of worst-case controller design for linear plants subject to unknown disturbances and plant uncertainties. Among different time-domain approaches to this class of worst-case design problems, the one that uses the framework of dynamic (differential) game theory stands out to be the most natural. Using this framework, the authors present in this book a complete theory that encompasses continuous-time as well as discrete-time systems, finite as well as infinite horizons,and several different measurement schemes. They also discuss extensions of the linear theory to nonlinear systems, and derivation of lower dimensional controllers for systems with regularly and singularly perturbed dynamics. This is the second edition of a 1991 book with the same title, which, besides featuring a more streamlined presentation of the results included in the first edition, and at places under more refined conditions, also contains substantial new material, reflecting new developments in the field. Among these are the nonlinear theory; connections between H-infinity optimal control and risk sensitive stochastic control problems; H-infinity filtering for linear and nonlinear systems; and robustness considerations in the presence of regular and singular perturbations. The authors believe that the theory is now at a stage where it can easily be incorporated into a second-level graduate course in a control curriculum, that would follow a basic course in linear control theory covering LQ and LQG designs. For the most part, the only prerequisite for the book is a basic knowledge of linear control theory. No background in differential games, or game theory in general, is required, as the requisite concepts and results have been developed in the book at the appropriate level. Ordering information: Title: H-infinity optimal control and related minimax design problems, Second Edition Authors: Tamer Basar and Pierre Bernhard Date: August 1995 No. pages: 411 Publisher: Birkhauser Series: Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications ISBN: 0-8176-3814-8 (USA and Canada) 3-7643-3814-8 (Europe) By mail: For USA and Canada: | In Europe: Birkhauser Boston | Birkhauser Verlag AG c/o Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.| Postfach 133 P.O. Box 2485 | CH-4010 Basel Secaucus, New Jersey 07096-2491 | Switzerland USA | By phone: 1-800-777-4643 in the USA ( 201/ 348-4033 in NJ) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx contributed by Debbie Bean Sep 5 Annals of the ISDG, second volume TITLE: Control and Game-Theoretic Models of the Environment EDITORS: Carlo Carraro and Jerzy A. Filar PUBLISHER: Birkhauser 1995 Contents: Part I. Models of Global Change and Sustainable Development A. Haurie and G. Zaccour: Differential Game Models of Global Environmental Management Herman Cesar and Aart de Zeeuw: Sustainability and the Greenhouse Effect - Robustness Analysis of the Assimilation Function Andrea Beltratti: Consumption of Renewable Environmental Assets, International Coordination and Time Preference Veijo Kaitala and Matti Pohjola: Sustainable International Agreements on Greenhouse Warming - A Game Theory Study Michael Hoel and Ivar Isaksen: The Environmental Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Part II. Environmental Taxes and Related Issues Carlo Carraro and Giorgio Topa: Taxation and Environmenatl Innovation Jenny E. Ligthart and Fredrick van der Ploeg: Environmental Quality, Public Finance and Sustainable Growth Thierry Verdier: Environmental Pollution and Endogenous Growth - A Comparison Between Emission Taxes and Technological Standards Anastasios Xepapadeas: Rate-of-Return Regulation, Emission Charges and Behavior of Monopoly Michele Moretto: Polluter's Capital Quality Standards and Subsidy-Tax Programs for Environmental Externalities - A Competitive Equilibrium Analysis Part III. Pullution, Renewable Resources and Stability Thomas L. Vincent: The ESS Maximum Principle as a Tool for Modeling and Managing Biological Systems Olli Tahvonen: Pollution, Renewable Resources and Irreversibility Veijo Kaitala and Gordon Munro: The Economic Management of High Seas Fishery Resources - Some Game Theoretic Aspects David W. K. Yeung: Pollution-Induced Business Cycles - A Game Theoretical Analysis Jacek B. Krawczyk: Management of Effluent Discharges - A Dynamic Game Model xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx contributed by Dean F. Foster Aug18 Subject: IIASA First Tournament of Learning to Play Games I I A S A announces the First Tournament of LEARNING to PLAY GAMES Last year the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded for the concept of ``equilibrium'' in a game. An unresolved issue is how people actually learn to play games and whether some learning rules do better than others on average. The goal of this tournament is to advance our thinking on this issue. Contestants should submit a learning rule and (optionally) a game on which every contestant's rule may be tested. The collection of submitted rules will be treated as a population of organisms which evolve through natural selection over time. Pairs of rules are selected to play each game. The relative frequency of each rule grows in proportion to its past success and the winning rules for a particular game are those that have the highest frequency in the population after many generations. The deadline for submissions is November 1st, 1995. For the rules of the tournament send an email to: tournamentinfo@iiasa.ac.at or point your World Wide Web brouser at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/welcome.html To have questions answered, send email to: tournament@iiasa.ac.at What is IIASA The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), based in Laxenburg Austria, is an interdisciplinary, non-governmental research organization sponsored by the National Member Organizations of 17 nations. IIASA's current research program focuses on three central themes: Global Environmental Change; Global Economic and Technological Transitions; Systems Methods for the Analysis of Global Issues. The institute also conducts basic research in a variety of subjects including dynamical systems theory, optimization, game theory and decision analysis. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx End of ISDG E-LETTER issue No. 19, 8 September 1995