Mean-field games for marriage

PLoS One. 2014 May 7;9(5):e94933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094933. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

This article examines mean-field games for marriage. The results support the argument that optimizing the long-term well-being through effort and social feeling state distribution (mean-field) will help to stabilize marriage. However, if the cost of effort is very high, the couple fluctuates in a bad feeling state or the marriage breaks down. We then examine the influence of society on a couple using mean-field sentimental games. We show that, in mean-field equilibrium, the optimal effort is always higher than the one-shot optimal effort. We illustrate numerically the influence of the couple's network on their feeling states and their well-being.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Emotions / physiology
  • Family Relations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Marriage*
  • Models, Theoretical*