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We study the m-Eternal Domination problem, which is the following two-player game between a defender and an attacker on a graph: initially, the defender positions k guards on vertices of the graph; the game then proceeds in turns between…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Tiziana Calamoneri , Federico Corò , Neeldhara Misra , Saraswati G. Nanoti , Giacomo Paesani

Motivated by the success of domination games and by a variation of the coloring game called the indicated coloring game, we introduce a version of domination games called the indicated domination game. It is played on an arbitrary graph $G$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Boštjan Brešar , Csilla Bujtás , Vesna Iršič , Douglas F. Rall , Zsolt Tuza

In this paper we introduce and study the domination game on hypergraphs. This is played on a hypergraph $\mathcal{H}$ by two players, namely Dominator and Staller, who alternately select vertices such that each selected vertex enlarges the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Csilla Bujtás , Balázs Patkós , Zsolt Tuza , Máté vizer

We study the algorithmic complexity of Maker-Breaker games played on the edge sets of general graphs. We mainly consider the perfect matching game and the $H$-game. Maker wins if she claims the edges of a perfect matching in the first, and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Eric Duchêne , Valentin Gledel , Fionn Mc Inerney , Nicolas Nisse , Nacim Oijid , Aline Parreau , Miloš Stojaković

We introduce a new abstract graph game, Swap Planarity, where the goal is to reach a state without edge intersections and a move consists of swapping the locations of two vertices connected by an edge. We analyze this puzzle game using…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-08-06 Rutger Kraaijer , Marc van Kreveld , Wouter Meulemans , André van Renssen

This paper intends to solve the Transversal achievement on an n times n grid problem proposed by Dr. Martin Erickson. We approach the problem using mathematical induction and case analysis and prove the hypothesis that for all n greater…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Niranjan Krishna

We introduce a graph Ramsey game called Ramsey, Paper, Scissors. This game has two players, Proposer and Decider. Starting from an empty graph on $n$ vertices, on each turn Proposer proposes a potential edge and Decider simultaneously…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Jacob Fox , Xiaoyu He , Yuval Wigderson

We prove that in the biased 1:b Hamiltonicity Maker-Breaker game, played on the edges of the complete graph K_n, Maker has a winning strategy for b(n)<=(1-o(1))n/ln n, for all large enough n.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-03-10 Michael Krivelevich

The Maker-Breaker total domination number, $\gamma_{\rm MBT}(G)$, of a graph $G$ is introduced as the minimum number of moves of Dominator to win the Maker-Breaker total domination game, provided that he has a winning strategy and is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Athira Divakaran , Tijo James , Sandi Klavžar , Latha S Nair

We consider random-turn positional games, introduced by Peres, Schramm, Sheffield and Wilson in 2007. A $p$-random-turn positional game is a two-player game, played the same as an ordinary positional game, except that instead of alternating…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Asaf Ferber , Michael Krivelevich , Gal Kronenberg

We study the following game version of the generalized graph Tur\'an problem. For two fixed graphs $F$ and $H$, two players, Constructor and Blocker, alternately claim unclaimed edges of the complete graph $K_n$. Constructor can only claim…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-04 Balázs Patkós , Miloš Stojaković , Máté Vizer

Let $G$ be a complete convex geometric graph whose vertex set $P$ forms a convex polygon $C$, and let $F$ be a family of subgraphs of $G$. A blocker for $F$ is a set of edges, of smallest possible size, that contains a common edge with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-03 Chaya Keller , Yael Stein

Given an increasing graph property $\cal F$, the strong Avoider-Avoider $\cal F$ game is played on the edge set of a complete graph. Two players, Red and Blue, take turns in claiming previously unclaimed edges with Red going first, and the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Miloš Stojaković , Jelena Stratijev

This paper considers a game version of the general position problem in which a general position set is built through adversarial play. Two players in a graph, Builder and Blocker, take it in turns to add a vertex to a set, such that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-03 Sandi Klavžar , Jing Tian , James Tuite

The domination game is played on a graph $G$ by two players, named Dominator and Staller. They alternatively select vertices of $G$ such that each chosen vertex enlarges the set of vertices dominated before the move on it. Dominator's goal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-07-23 Boštjan Brešar , Paul Dorbec , Sandi Klavžar , Gašper Košmrlj

The radius-$r$ splitter game is played on a graph $G$ between two players: Splitter and Connector. In each round, Connector selects a vertex $v$, and the current game arena is restricted to the radius-$r$ neighborhood of $v$. Then Splitter…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Janne Fuchser , Nikolas Mählmann , Sebastian Siebertz

We examine two-player games over finite weighted graphs with quantitative (mean-payoff or energy) objective, where one of the players additionally needs to satisfy a fairness objective. The specific fairness we consider is called 'strong…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Ashwani Anand , Satya Prakash Nayak , Ritam Raha , Irmak Sağlam , Anne-Kathrin Schmuck

For integers $n, D, q$ we define a two player perfect information game with no chance moves called the Waiter-Client Maximum Degree game. In this game, two players (Waiter and Client) play on the edges of $K_n$ as follows: in each round,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-31 Michael Krivelevich , Nadav Trumer

We introduce a general framework for positional games in which players score points by claiming a prescribed portion of each winning set, extending the notion of scoring Maker-Breaker games. In the scoring variant, Maker gains a point by…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Eric Duchêne , Valentin Gledel , Miloš Stojaković

The domination game is played on a graph G. Vertices are chosen, one at a time, by two players Dominator and Staller. Each chosen vertex must enlarge the set of vertices of G dominated to that point in the game. Both players use an optimal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-03-14 Bostjan Bresar , Sandi Klavzar , Douglas F. Rall