Social Shaping of Competitive Equilibriums for Resilient Multi-Agent Systems

Yijun Chen, Razibul Islam, Elizabeth Ratnam, Ian R. Petersen, Guodong Shi

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we study entirely self-sustained multi-agent systems with decentralized resource allocation. Agents make local resource decisions, and sometimes, trading decisions to maximize their individual payoffs accruing from the utility of consumption and the income or expenditure from trading. A competitive equilibrium is achieved if all agents maximize their individual payoffs; a social welfare equilibrium is achieved if the total agent utilities are maximized. First, we consider multi-agent systems with static local allocation, and prove from duality theory that under general convexity assumptions, the competitive equilibrium and the social welfare equilibrium exist and agree. Next, we define a social shaping problem for a competitive equilibrium under which the optimal resource price is socially acceptable, and show that agent utility functions can be prescribed in a family of socially admissible quadratic functions, under which the pricing at the competitive equilibrium is always below a threshold. Finally, we extend the study to dynamical multi-agent systems where agents are associated with dynamical states from linear processes, and prove that the dynamic competitive equilibrium and social welfare equilibrium continue to exist and coincide with each other.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2021
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages2621-2626
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Electronic)9781665436595
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021
    Event60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2021 - Austin, United States
    Duration: 13 Dec 202117 Dec 2021

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
    Volume2021-December
    ISSN (Print)0743-1546
    ISSN (Electronic)2576-2370

    Conference

    Conference60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2021
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAustin
    Period13/12/2117/12/21

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