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In this work, we introduce a game-theoretic model that assesses the cyber-security risk of cloud networks and informs security experts on the optimal security strategies. Our approach combines game theory, combinatorial optimization, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-17 Gabriele Dragotto , Amine Boukhtouta , Andrea Lodi , Mehdi Taobane

In this paper we consider symmetric games where a large number of players can be in any one of d states. We derive a limiting mean field model and characterize its main properties. This mean field limit is a system of coupled ordinary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-23 Diogo A. Gomes , Joana Mohr , Rafael R. Souza

In this paper, we consider a mean field game model inspired by crowd motion where agents aim to reach a closed set, called target set, in minimal time. Congestion phenomena are modeled through a constraint on the velocity of an agent that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-23 Saeed Sadeghi Arjmand , Guilherme Mazanti

The purpose of this work is to pose and solve the problem to guide a collection of weakly interacting dynamical systems (agents, particles, etc.) to a specified terminal distribution. The framework is that of mean-field and of cooperative…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-12-12 Yongxin Chen , Tryphon T. Georgiou , Michele Pavon

We consider a stationary Mean Field Games system defined on a network. In this framework, the transition conditions at the vertices play a crucial role: the ones here considered are based on the optimal control interpretation of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Fabio Camilli , Claudio Marchi

The system mentioned in the title belongs to the family of the so-called massively multi-player online social games (MMOSG). It features a scoring system for the elements of the game that is prone to herding effects. We analyze in detail…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-02-11 Guy Fayolle , Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

The existing network attack and defense method can be regarded as game, but most of the game only involves network domain, not multiple domain cyberspace. To address this challenge, this paper proposed a multiple domain cyberspace attack…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Lei Zhang , Yu Pan , Yi Liu , Qibin Zheng , Zhisong Pan

In this paper we consider non-atomic games in populations that are provided with a choice of preventive policies to act against a contagion spreading amongst interacting populations, be it biological organisms or connected computing…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Yi Zhang , Sanjiv Kapoor

This paper considers mean field games in a multi-agent Markov decision process (MDP) framework. Each player has a continuum state and binary action, and benefits from the improvement of the condition of the overall population. Based on an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Minyi Huang , Yan Ma

We consider a mean-field model for large banking systems, which takes into account default and recovery of the institutions. Building on models used for groups of interacting neurons, we first study a McKean-Vlasov dynamics and its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-29 Romuald Élie , Tomoyuki Ichiba , Mathieu Laurière

We consider a multi-agent Markov strategic interaction over an infinite horizon where agents can be of multiple types. We model the strategic interaction as a mean-field game in the asymptotic limit when the number of agents of each type…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-01-01 Arnob Ghosh , Vaneet Aggarwal

We study two-player security games which can be viewed as sequences of nonzero-sum matrix games played by an Attacker and a Defender. The evolution of the game is based on a stochastic fictitious play process. Players do not have access to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2010-03-16 Kien C. Nguyen , Tansu Alpcan , Tamer Basar

The framework of Mean-field Games (MFGs) is used for modelling the collective dynamics of large populations of non-cooperative decision-making agents. We formulate and analyze a kinetic MFG model for an interacting system of non-cooperative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Piyush Grover , Mandy Huo

In this work, we model Moving Target Defence (MTD) as a partially observable stochastic game between an attacker and a defender. The attacker tries to compromise the system through probing actions, while the defender minimizes the risk by…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Mandar Datar , Yann Dujardin

Stealthy attacks are a major cyber-security threat. In practice, both attackers and defenders have resource constraints that could limit their capabilities. Hence, to develop robust defense strategies, a promising approach is to utilize…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Ming Zhang , Zizhan Zheng , Ness B. Shroff

We discuss a class of explicitly solvable mean field type control problems/mean field games with a clear economic interpretation. More precisely, we consider long term average impulse control problems with underlying general one-dimensional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-28 Sören Christensen , Berenice Anne Neumann , Tobias Sohr

This article considers a mean field game model inspired by crowd motion models in which agents aim at reaching a given target set and wish to minimize a cost consisting of an individual running cost, an individual cost depending on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Guilherme Mazanti , Laurent Pfeiffer , Saeed Sadeghi Arjmand

Cyber warfare has become a central element of modern conflict, especially within multi-domain operations. As both a distinct and critical domain, cyber warfare requires integrating defensive and offensive technologies into coherent…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Ya-Ting Yang , Quanyan Zhu

The paper presents the one of possible approach to model the epidemic propagation. The proposed model is based on the mean-field control inside separate groups of population, namely, suspectable (S), infected (I), removed (R) and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-24 Viktoriya Petrakova , Olga Krivorotko

In this paper, we establish a zero-sum, hybrid state stochastic game model for designing defense policies for cyber-physical systems against different types of attacks. With the increasingly integrated properties of cyber-physical systems…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-03 Fei Miao , Quanyan Zhu , Miroslav Pajic , George J. Pappas