English

Playing Muller Games in a Hurry

Computer Science and Game Theory 2010-06-09 v1 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

This work studies the following question: can plays in a Muller game be stopped after a finite number of moves and a winner be declared. A criterion to do this is sound if Player 0 wins an infinite-duration Muller game if and only if she wins the finite-duration version. A sound criterion is presented that stops a play after at most 3^n moves, where n is the size of the arena. This improves the bound (n!+1)^n obtained by McNaughton and the bound n!+1 derived from a reduction to parity games.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1006.1410,
  title  = {Playing Muller Games in a Hurry},
  author = {John Fearnley and Martin Zimmermann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.1410},
  year   = {2010}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-21T15:33:07.297Z