The tragedy of the commons: A Mean-Field Game approach to the reversal of travelling waves
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Publication:6428211
arXiv2303.01365MaRDI QIDQ6428211FDOQ6428211
Authors: Ziad Kobeissi, Domènec Ruiz-Balet 
Publication date: 2 March 2023
Abstract: The goal of this paper is to investigate an instance of the tragedy of the commons in spatially distributed harvesting games. The model we choose is that of a fishes' population that is governed by a parabolic bistable equation and that fishermen harvest. We assume that, when no fisherman is present, the fishes' population is invading (mathematically, there is an invading travelling front). Is it possible that fishermen, when acting selfishly, each in his or her own best interest, might lead to a reversal of the travelling wave and, consequently, to an extinction of the global population? To answer this question, we model the behaviour of individual fishermen using a Mean Field Game approach, and we show that the answer is yes. We then show that, at least in some cases, if the fishermen coordinated instead of acting selfishly, each of them could make more benefit, while still guaranteeing the survival of the population. Our study is illustrated by several numerical simulations.
Traveling wave solutions (35C07) Second-order parabolic equations (35K10) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Mean field games and control (49N80) PDEs in connection with mean field game theory (35Q89)
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