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We consider a class of zero-sum stopper vs. singular-controller games in which the controller can only act on a subset $d_0<d$ of the $d$ coordinates of a controlled diffusion. Due to the constraint on the control directions these games…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Andrea Bovo , Tiziano De Angelis , Jan Palczewski

We study a target coverage problem in which a team of sensing agents, operating under limited communication, must collaboratively monitor targets that may be adaptively repositioned by an attacker. We model this interaction as a zero-sum…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Jayanth Bhargav , Zirui Xu , Vasileios Tzoumas , Mahsa Ghasemi , Shreyas Sundaram

In this paper, the problem of false information injection attack and defense on state estimation in dynamic multi-sensor systems is investigated from a game theoretic perspective. The relationship between the Kalman filter and the adversary…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-02-13 Jingyang Lu , Ruixin Niu

The security game is a basic model for resource allocation in adversarial environments. Here there are two players, a defender and an attacker. The defender wants to allocate her limited resources to defend critical targets and the attacker…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-14 Haifeng Xu

We consider a game in which a strategic defender classifies an intruder as spy or spammer. The classification is based on the number of file server and mail server attacks observed during a fixed window. The spammer naively attacks (with a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Lemonia Dritsoula , Patrick Loiseau , John Musacchio

In this paper, we consider a new network security game wherein an attacker and a defender are battling over "multiple" targets. This type of game is appropriate to model many current network security conflicts such as Internet phishing,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Yuedong Xu , John C. S. Lui

Smart grids are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. This paper proposes a game-theoretic approach to evaluate the variations caused by an attacker on the power measurements. Adversaries can gain financial benefits through the manipulation of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Kian Hamedani , Lingjia Liu , Jithin Jagannath , Yang , Yi

We consider a variant of the hide-and-seek game in which a seeker inspects multiple hiding locations to find multiple items hidden by a hider. Each hiding location has a maximum hiding capacity and a probability of detecting its hidden…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-26 Bastián Bahamondes , Mathieu Dahan

This paper addresses the security allocation problem within networked control systems, which consist of multiple interconnected control systems under the influence of two opposing agents: a defender and a malicious adversary. The adversary…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Anh Tung Nguyen , Andreas Hertzberg , André MH Teixeira

We propose a new defense mechanism against undetected infiltration into controllers in cyber-physical systems. To this end, we cautiously design the outputs of the sensors that monitor the state of the system. Different from the defense…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-01-08 Muhammed O. Sayin , Tamer Başar

Contemporary applications of machine learning in two-team e-sports and the superior expressivity of multi-agent generative adversarial networks raise important and overlooked theoretical questions regarding optimization in two-team games.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Fivos Kalogiannis , Ioannis Panageas , Emmanouil-Vasileios Vlatakis-Gkaragkounis

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

Consider a sensor network consisting of both anchor and non-anchor nodes. We address the following sensor network localization (SNL) problem: given the physical locations of anchor nodes and relative measurements among all nodes, determine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-08 Gehui Xu , Guanpu Chen , Yiguang Hong , Baris Fidan , Thomas Parisini , Karl H. Johansson

This paper studies a system security problem in the context of observability based on a two-person noncooperative infinitely repeated game. Both the attacker and the defender have means to modify the dimension of the unobservable subspace,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Yueyue Xu , Panpan Zhou , Lin Wang , Zhixin Liu , Xiaoming Hu

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) support data collection and distributed data processing by means of very small sensing devices that are easy to tamper and cloning: therefore classical security solutions based on access control and strong…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-04 Nicola Gatti , Mattia Monga , Sabrina Sicari

Motivated by safety-critical classification problems, we investigate adversarial attacks against cost-sensitive classifiers. We use current state-of-the-art adversarially-resistant neural network classifiers [1] as the underlying models.…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-10-08 Gavin S. Hartnett , Andrew J. Lohn , Alexander P. Sedlack

In a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service), an attacker gains control of many network users through a virus. Then the controlled users send many requests to a victim, leading to its resources being depleted. DDoS attacks are hard to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-14 Konstanty Junosza-Szaniawski , Dariusz Nogalski , Paweł Rzążewski

The paper introduces a class of zero-sum games between the adversary and controller as a scenario for a `denial of service' in a networked control system. The communication link is modeled as a set of transmission regimes controlled by a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-06-07 V. Ugrinovskii , C. Langbort

Distributed Support Vector Machines (DSVM) have been developed to solve large-scale classification problems in networked systems with a large number of sensors and control units. However, the systems become more vulnerable as detection and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-03-14 Rui Zhang , Quanyan Zhu

We study a setting in which two players play a (possibly approximate) Nash equilibrium of a bimatrix game, while a learner observes only their actions and has no knowledge of the equilibrium or the underlying game. A natural question is…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Annalisa Barbara , Riccardo Poiani , Martino Bernasconi , Andrea Celli