CAREER:The Symbiosis of Graphical Models and Games

许多自然、社会和工程系统表现出或促进了复杂的行为。这种行为往往是由大量个体的故意行为和相互作用造成的。研究大规模群体中网络结构相互作用的复杂系统中的行为的需要促进了对计算博弈论模型的兴趣。图形博弈建立在博弈论的经典模型以及概率图形模型中的紧凑结构表示。其结果是一个实用的和计算的模型来处理网络化的大人口系统。科学家和政策制定者研究和工作与（战略）相互作用的大型现实世界复杂系统的技术的创造需要在图形游戏和模型的进一步发展。该项目旨在通过推进博弈论、图形模型和机器学习的计算方面来填补知识空白，并为计算博弈论和图形模型之间系统的双向知识转移奠定基础。该研究计划通过将概率推理问题转换为均衡计算，创建从行为数据学习博弈的算法，并表征平衡结构和计算。该教育计划包括通过开发新课程和整合现有课程，将研究成果注入各级通识教育;并共同努力，将经济学系和计算机科学系联系起来。斯托尼布鲁克。通过经济学博弈论中心和每年在斯托尼布鲁克举行的国际夏季博弈论节进行的合作，是外联和传播的渠道。

Many natural, social and engineered systems exhibit or facilitate complex behavior. Such behavior often results from the deliberate actions of, and interactions between, a large number of individuals. The need to study behavior in complex systems of network-structured interactions in large populations promotes interest in computational game-theoretic models.Graphical games build on classical models in game theory, as well as compact, structured representations in probabilistic graphical models. The result is a practical and computationally amenable model to handle networked large-population systems.The creation of technology for scientists and policy makers to study and work with large real-world complex systems of (strategic) interactions requires further advances in graphical games and models. The project seeks to fill knowledge gaps by advancing computational aspects of game theory, graphical models and machine learning, and laying the foundation for a systematic two-way knowledge transfer between computational game theory and graphical models.The research program strengthens the connection between graphical models and game theory by casting probabilistic inference problems as equilibrium computation, creating algorithms to learn games from behavioral data, and characterizing equilibrium structure and computation.The educational program includes the infusion of research results into general education, at all levels, via development of new courses and integration into existing ones; and a concerted effort to bridge the Departments of Economics and Computer Science at Stony Brook. Collaborations through the Center for Game Theory in Economics and the International Summer Festival on Game Theory, held annually at Stony Brook, serve as conduits for outreach and dissemination.