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Semi-supervised learning is a popular class of techniques to learn from labeled and unlabeled data. The paper proposes an application of a recently proposed approach of graph transduction that exploits game theoretic notions to the problem…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Tewodros Mulugeta Dagnew , Dalia Coppi , Marcello Pelillo , Rita Cucchiara

Given a fixed graph $H$ and a positive integer $n$, a Picker-Chooser $H$-game is a biased game played on the edge set of $K_n$ in which Picker is trying to force many copies of $H$ and Chooser is trying to prevent him from doing so. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-23 Małgorzata Bednarska-Bzdȩga , Dan Hefetz , Tomasz Łuczak

We introduce a new two-player game on graphs, in which players alternate choosing vertices until the set of chosen vertices forms a dominating set. The last player to choose a vertex is the winner. The game fits into the scheme of several…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Sean Fiscus , Glenn Hurlbert , Eric Myzelev , Travis Pence

With the growth of the internet it is becoming increasingly important to understand how the behaviour of players is affected by the topology of the network interconnecting them. Many models which involve networks of interacting players have…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-01-25 Richard Southwell , Chris Cannings

We consider restricted games on weighted graphs associated with minimum partitions. We replace in the classical definition of Myerson restricted game the connected components of any subgraph by the subcomponents corresponding to a minimum…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-06-24 Alexandre Skoda

Temporal graphs are a popular modelling mechanism for dynamic complex systems that extend ordinary graphs with discrete time. Simply put, time progresses one unit per step and the availability of edges can change with time. We consider the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Pete Austin , Sougata Bose , Patrick Totzke

We investigate concurrent two-player win/lose stochastic games on finite graphs with prefix-independent objectives. We characterize subgame optimal strategies and use this characterization to show various memory transfer results: 1) For a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Benjamin Bordais , Patricia Bouyer , Stéphane Le Roux

A self-contained graph is an infinite graph which is isomorphic to one of its proper induced subgraphs. In this paper, these graphs are studied by presenting some examples and defining some of their sub-structures such as removable…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-04 Mohammad Hadi Shekarriz , Madjid Mirzavaziri

Congestion games are a classical type of games studied in game theory, in which n players choose a resource, and their individual cost increases with the number of other players choosing the same resource. In network congestion games…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Nathalie Bertrand , Nicolas Markey , Suman Sadhukhan , Ocan Sankur

The primary objective of this paper is to investigate the notions of geometric and sequential convexity within a graph-theoretic framework, with the aim of examining various structural properties and exploring the connection between these…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Angshuman R. Goswami

We investigate a variety of cut and choose games, their relationship with (generic) large cardinals, and show that they can be used to characterize a number of properties of ideals and of partial orders: certain notions of distributivity,…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-02-03 Peter Holy , Philipp Schlicht , Christopher Turner , Philip Welch

In two-player games on graphs, the players move a token through a graph to produce an infinite path, which determines the winner of the game. Such games are central in formal methods since they model the interaction between a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Milad Aghajohari , Guy Avni , Thomas A. Henzinger

In this work we address a game theoretic variant of the shortest path problem, in which two decision makers (players) move together along the edges of a graph from a given starting vertex to a given destination. The two players take turns…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-06-02 Andreas Darmann , Ulrich Pferschy , Joachim Schauer

A general position set of a graph $G$ is a set of vertices $S$ in $G$ such that no three vertices from $S$ lie on a common shortest path. In this paper we introduce and study the general position achievement game. The game is played on a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Sandi Klavžar , Neethu P. K. , Ullas Chandran S.

We make a conjecture that characterizes the periods of the nim values in subtraction games with subtraction set of size 3.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-06-14 Mark Daniel Ward

Parity games are games that are played on directed graphs whose vertices are labeled by natural numbers, called priorities. The players push a token along the edges of the digraph. The winner is determined by the parity of the greatest…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Christoph Dittmann , Stephan Kreutzer , Alexandru I. Tomescu

In this paper, we study a combination (called the generalized cyclic Nimhoff) of the cyclic Nimhoff and subtraction games. We give the $\mathcal{G}$-value of the game when all the $\mathcal{G}$-value sequence of subtraction games have a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-27 Tomoaki Abuku , Masanori Fukui , Ko Sakai , Koki Suetsugu

Subtraction games are a classical topic in Combinatorial Game Theory. A result of Golomb~(1966) shows that every subtraction game with a finite move set has an eventually periodic nim-sequence, but the known proof yields only an exponential…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Anjali Bhagat , Urban Larsson , Hikaru Manabe , Takahiro Yamashita

Given an impartial combinatorial game G, we create a class of related games (CIS-G) by specifying a finite set of positions in G and forbidding players from moving to those positions (leaving all other game rules unchanged). Such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-01-04 Scott M. Garrabrant , Eric J. Friedman , Adam Scott Landsberg

We introduce the class of modified Schelling games in which there are different types of agents who occupy the nodes of a location graph; agents of the same type are friends, and agents of different types are enemies. Every agent is…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-26 Panagiotis Kanellopoulos , Maria Kyropoulou , Alexandros A. Voudouris