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2.5 player parity games combine the challenges posed by 2.5 player reachability games and the qualitative analysis of parity games. These two types of problems are best approached with different types of algorithms: strategy improvement…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-07-07 Ernst Moritz Hahn , Sven Schewe , Andrea Turrini , Lijun Zhang

Open parity games are proposed as a compositional extension of parity games with algebraic operations, forming string diagrams of parity games. A potential application of string diagrams of parity games is to describe a large parity game…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Kazuki Watanabe

The winning condition of a parity game with costs requires an arbitrary, but fixed bound on the cost incurred between occurrences of odd colors and the next occurrence of a larger even one. Such games quantitatively extend parity games…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Alexander Weinert , Martin Zimmermann

This paper presents an analysis of complexity of double dummy bridge. Values of both, a state-space (search-space) complexity and a game tree complexity have been estimated. ----- Oszacowanie z{\l}o\.zono\'sci problemu rozgrywki w otwarte…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-09-25 Piotr Beling

We consider two-player games played on finite colored graphs where the goal is the construction of an infinite path with one of the following frequency-related properties: (i) all colors occur with the same asymptotic frequency, (ii) there…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2010-06-29 Alessandro Bianco , Marco Faella , Fabio Mogavero , Aniello Murano

Hedonic diversity games are a variant of the classical Hedonic games designed to better model a variety of questions concerning diversity and fairness. Previous works mainly targeted the case with two diversity classes (represented as…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Robert Ganian , Thekla Hamm , Dušan Knop , Šimon Schierreich , Ondřej Suchý

In multiplayer games with sequential decision-making, self-interested players form dynamic coalitions to achieve most-preferred temporal goals beyond their individual capabilities. We introduce a novel procedure to synthesize strategies…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-31 A. Kaan Ata Yilmaz , Abhishek Kulkarni , Ufuk Topcu

We consider the problem of solving random parity games. We prove that parity games exibit a phase transition threshold above $d_P$, so that when the degree of the graph that defines the game has a degree $d > d_P$ then there exists a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-07-17 Richard Combes , Mikael Touati

While operating communication networks adaptively may improve utilization and performance, frequent adjustments also introduce an algorithmic challenge: the re-optimization of traffic engineering solutions is time-consuming and may limit…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Monika Henzinger , Ami Paz , Stefan Schmid

We initiate the study of approximate maximum matching in the vertex partition model, for graphs subject to dynamic changes. We assume that the $n$ vertices of the graph are partitioned among $k$ players, who execute a distributed algorithm…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Peter Robinson , Xianbin Zhu

This paper discusses the problem of efficiently solving parity games where player Odd has to obey an additional 'strong transition fairness constraint' on its vertices -- given that a player Odd vertex $v$ is visited infinitely often, a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Irmak Sağlam , Anne-Kathrin Schmuck

Securing dynamic networks against adversarial actions is challenging because of the need to anticipate and counter strategic disruptions by adversarial entities within complex network structures. Traditional game-theoretic models, while…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Dhananjay Raju , Georgios Bakirtzis , Ufuk Topcu

{\em Algorithms with predictions} incorporate machine learning predictions into algorithm design. A plethora of recent works incorporated predictions to improve on worst-case optimal bounds for online problems. In this paper, we initiate…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Monika Henzinger , Barna Saha , Martin P. Seybold , Christopher Ye

We study the computation of Nash equilibria in a two-player normal form game from the perspective of parameterized complexity. Recent results proved hardness for a number of variants, when parameterized by the support size. We complement…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2010-06-11 Danny Hermelin , Chien-Chung Huang , Stefan Kratsch , Magnus Wahlstrom

We consider two-player games played on finite graphs equipped with costs on edges and introduce two winning conditions, cost-parity and cost-Streett, which require bounds on the cost between requests and their responses. Both conditions…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Nathanaël Fijalkow , Martin Zimmermann

We study hedonic coalition formation games in which cooperation among the players is restricted by a graph structure: a subset of players can form a coalition if and only if they are connected in the given graph. We investigate the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-22 Ayumi Igarashi , Edith Elkind

We explore the effect of discounting and experimentation in a simple model of interacting adaptive agents. Agents belong to either of two types and each has to decide whether to participate a game or not, the game being profitable when…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Damien Challet , Andrea De Martino , Matteo Marsili

In this work, we consider the problem of autonomous racing with multiple agents where agents must interact closely and influence each other to compete. We model interactions among agents through a game-theoretical framework and propose an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-02 Yixuan Jia , Maulik Bhatt , Negar Mehr

The complexity of parity games is a long standing open problem that saw a major breakthrough in 2017 when two quasi-polynomial algorithms were published. This article presents a third, independent approach to solving parity games in…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Karoliina Lehtinen , Udi Boker

Synchronous dynamic systems are well-established models that have been used to capture a range of phenomena in networks, including opinion diffusion, spread of disease and product adoption. We study the three most notable problems in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Eduard Eiben , Robert Ganian , Thekla Hamm , Viktoriia Korchemna