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Let $(X, d)$ be a metric space and $C \subseteq 2^X$ -- a collection of special objects. In the $(X,d,C)$-chasing problem, an online player receives a sequence of online requests $\{B_t\}_{t=1}^T \subseteq C$ and responds with a trajectory…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Hristo Papazov

In this paper, we propose a planning framework to generate a defense strategy against an attacker who is working in an environment where a defender can operate without the attacker's knowledge. The objective of the defender is to covertly…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-04-07 Brittany Cates , Anagha Kulkarni , Sarath Sreedharan

In this work, we analyze a sequential game played in a graph called the Multilevel Critical Node problem (MCN). A defender and an attacker are the players of this game. The defender starts by preventively interdicting vertices (vaccination)…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Adel Nabli , Margarida Carvalho , Pierre Hosteins

In this paper, we consider the infinite-horizon reach-avoid zero-sum game problem, where the goal is to find a set in the state space, referred to as the reach-avoid set, such that the system starting at a state therein could be controlled…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-19 Jingqi Li , Donggun Lee , Somayeh Sojoudi , Claire J. Tomlin

This study provides a new understanding of the adversarial attack problem by examining the correlation between adversarial attack and visual attention change. In particular, we observed that: (1) images with incomplete attention regions are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Shangxi Wu , Jitao Sang , Kaiyuan Xu , Jiaming Zhang , Jian Yu

In this paper, we present a new framework, called "RYU" for constructing "safe" regions -- specifically, bounded sets that are guaranteed to contain the dual solution of a target optimization problem. Our framework applies to the standard…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Thu-Le Tran , Clément Elvira , Hong-Phuong Dang , Cédric Herzet

Two-player games on graphs provide the mathematical foundation for the study of reactive systems. In the quantitative framework, an objective assigns a value to every play, and the goal of player 1 is to minimize the value of the objective.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-04-30 Yaron Velner

This article considers the problem of conflict-free distribution of point-sized agents on a circular periphery encompassing all agents. The two key elements of the proposed policy include the construction of a set of convex layers (nested…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Gautam Kumar , Ashwini Ratnoo

Consider a two-player game repeated N times. Player 1 can choose between two styles (for interpretability, offensive and defensive), whereas Player 2 uses a single fixed style. Let X N\,:= \#wins -\#losses for Player 1 after N games, and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Jonatha ANSELMI , Bruno Gaujal

We investigate a variation of the art gallery problem in which a team of mobile guards tries to track an unpredictable intruder in a simply-connected polygonal environment. In this work, we use the deployment strategy for diagonal guards…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-11-16 Guillermo J. Laguna , Rui Zou , Sourabh Bhattacharya

This paper studies a language-based opacity enforcement in a two-player, zero-sum game on a graph. In this game, player 1 (P1) wins if it can achieve a secret temporal goal described by the language of a finite automaton, no matter what…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-05 Chongyang Shi , Abhishek N. Kulkarni , Hazhar Rahmani , Jie Fu

Pursuit and evasion conflicts represent challenging problems with important applications in aerospace and robotics. In pursuit-evasion problems, synthesis of intelligent actions must consider the adversary's potential strategies.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-12 Isaac E. Weintraub , Meir Pachter , Eloy Garcia

We examine online safe multi-agent reinforcement learning using constrained Markov games in which agents compete by maximizing their expected total rewards under a constraint on expected total utilities. Our focus is confined to an episodic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Dongsheng Ding , Xiaohan Wei , Zhuoran Yang , Zhaoran Wang , Mihailo R. Jovanović

This paper addresses the active target defense differential game where an Attacker missile pursues a Target aircraft. A Defender missile is fired by the Target's wingman in order to intercept the Attacker before it reaches the aircraft.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-11 Eloy Garcia , David W. Casbeer , Meir Pachter

In the standard setting of approachability there are two players and a target set. The players play repeatedly a known vector-valued game where the first player wants to have the average vector-valued payoff converge to the target set which…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-06-20 Shie Mannor , Vianney Perchet , Gilles Stoltz

Recent successes of game-theoretic formulations in ML have caused a resurgence of research interest in differentiable games. Overwhelmingly, that research focuses on methods and upper bounds on their speed of convergence. In this work, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-16 Adam Ibrahim , Waïss Azizian , Gauthier Gidel , Ioannis Mitliagkas

Reach-avoid differential games play an important role in collision avoidance, motion planning and control of aircrafts, and related applications. The central problem is the computation of the set of initial states from which the ego player…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-06 Bai Xue , Qiuye Wang , Naijun Zhan , Martin Fränzle , Shenghua Feng

Stackelberg Security Games are often used to model strategic interactions in high-stakes security settings. The majority of existing models focus on single-defender settings where a single entity assumes command of all security assets.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-29 Zimeng Song , Chun Kai Ling , Fei Fang

For a vehicle moving in an $n$-dimensional Euclidean space, we present a construction of a hybrid feedback that guarantees both global asymptotic stabilization of a reference position and avoidance of an obstacle corresponding to a bounded…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Soulaimane Berkane , Andrea Bisoffi , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

We study a two-player game on a graph between an attacker and a defender. To begin with, the defender places guards on a subset of vertices. In each move, the attacker attacks an edge. The defender must move at least one guard across the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Neeldhara Misra , Saraswati Girish Nanoti