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The tropical shadow-vertex algorithm solves mean payoff games in polynomial time on average

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We introduce an algorithm which solves mean payoff games in polynomial time on average, assuming the distribution of the games satisfies a flip invariance property on the set of actions associated with every state. The algorithm is a tropical analogue of the shadow-vertex simplex algorithm, which solves mean payoff games via linear feasibility problems over the tropical semiring (ℝ∪{−∞},max,+). The key ingredient in our approach is that the shadow-vertex pivoting rule can be transferred to tropical polyhedra, and that its computation reduces to optimal assignment problems through Plücker relations.

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hal-01096447 , version 1 (17-12-2014)

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Xavier Allamigeon, Pascal Benchimol, Stéphane Gaubert. The tropical shadow-vertex algorithm solves mean payoff games in polynomial time on average. ICALP 2014, Jul 2014, Copenhagen, France. pp.12, ⟨10.1007/978-3-662-43948-7_8⟩. ⟨hal-01096447⟩
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