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Simple Stochastic Games with Almost-Sure Energy-Parity Objectives are in NP and coNP

Computer Science and Game Theory 2021-01-19 v1 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

We study stochastic games with energy-parity objectives, which combine quantitative rewards with a qualitative ω\omega-regular condition: The maximizer aims to avoid running out of energy while simultaneously satisfying a parity condition. We show that the corresponding almost-sure problem, i.e., checking whether there exists a maximizer strategy that achieves the energy-parity objective with probability 11 when starting at a given energy level kk, is decidable and in NPcoNPNP \cap coNP. The same holds for checking if such a kk exists and if a given kk is minimal.

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@article{arxiv.2101.06989,
  title  = {Simple Stochastic Games with Almost-Sure Energy-Parity Objectives are in NP and coNP},
  author = {Richard Mayr and Sven Schewe and Patrick Totzke and Dominik Wojtczak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.06989},
  year   = {2021}
}