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We study the interaction between a network designer and an adversary over a dynamical network. The network consists of nodes performing continuous-time distributed averaging. The goal of the network designer is to assist the nodes reach…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-04-02 Ali Khanafer , Behrouz Touri , Tamer Başar

Dynamic low altitude networks offer significant potential for efficient and reliable data transport via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) relays which usually operate with predetermined trajectories. However, it is challenging to optimize the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Bowen Li , Junting Chen

Targeted interventions in games present a challenging problem due to the asymmetric information available to the regulator and the agents. This note addresses the problem of steering the actions of self-interested agents in quadratic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-02 Xiupeng Chen , Nima Monshizadeh

We consider a variant of the target defense problem where a single defender is tasked to capture a sequence of incoming intruders. Both the defender and the intruders have non-holonomic dynamics. The intruders' objective is to breach the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Arman Pourghorban , Dipankar Maity

Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (DDA) is a mechanism used in video games that automatically tailors the individual gaming experience to match an appropriate difficulty setting. This is generally achieved by removing pre-defined difficulty…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-06-13 Anthony M. Colwell , Frank G. Glavin

Smart metering infrastructure allows for two-way communication and power transfer. Based on this promising technology, we propose a demand-side management (DSM) scheme for a residential neighbourhood of prosumers. Its core is a discrete…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Matthias Pilz , Luluwah Al-Fagih

In many multiagent settings, such as electric vehicle charging and traffic routing, agents must make decisions in the face of uncertain behavior exhibited by others. Often, this uncertainty arises from multiple sources, such as incomplete…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Andreas Feik , Nicolas Lanzetti , Saverio Bolognani , Florian Dörfler , Dario Paccagnan

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are stealthy customized attacks by intelligent adversaries. This paper deals with the detection of APTs that infiltrate cyber systems and compromise specifically targeted data and/or infrastructures.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Shana Moothedath , Dinuka Sahabandu , Joey Allen , Andrew Clark , Linda Bushnell , Wenke Lee , Radha Poovendran

Despite incredible advances, deep learning has been shown to be susceptible to adversarial attacks. Numerous approaches have been proposed to train robust networks both empirically and certifiably. However, most of them defend against only…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-28 Yimu Wang , Dinghuai Zhang , Yihan Wu , Heng Huang , Hongyang Zhang

Dynamic games arise when multiple agents with differing objectives control a dynamic system. They model a wide variety of applications in economics, defense, energy systems and etc. However, compared to single-agent control problems, the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-08 Bolei Di , Andrew Lamperski

The cloud datacenter has numerous hosts as well as application requests where resources are dynamic. The demands placed on the resource allocation are diverse. These factors could lead to load imbalances, which affect scheduling efficiency…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-07 Sakshi Chhabra , Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Video Games are boring when they are too easy, and frustrating when they are too hard. In terms of providing game experience such as enjoyment to the player by match players with different levels of ability to player ability, We assume that…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Junjie Xu

This paper investigates the problem of database-assisted spectrum access in dynamic TV white spectrum networks, in which the active user set is varying. Since there is no central controller and information exchange, it encounters dynamic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yuhua Xu , Yitao Xu , Alagan Anpalagan

In a noncooperative dynamic game, multiple agents operating in a changing environment aim to optimize their utilities over an infinite time horizon. Time-varying environments allow to model more realistic scenarios (e.g., mobile devices…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-12-29 Santiago Zazo , Sergio Valcarcel Macua , Matilde Sánchez-Fernández , Javier Zazo

Motivated by distributed selection problems, we formulate a new variant of multi-player multi-armed bandit (MAB) model, which captures stochastic arrival of requests to each arm, as well as the policy of allocating requests to players. The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Hong Xie , Jinyu Mo , Defu Lian , Jie Wang , Enhong Chen

We introduce a new class of network allocation games called graphical distance preservation games. Here, we are given a graph, called a topology, and a set of agents that need to be allocated to its vertices. Moreover, every agent has an…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Argyrios Deligkas , Eduard Eiben , Tiger-Lily Goldsmith , Dušan Knop , Šimon Schierreich

Stochastic patrol routing is known to be advantageous in adversarial settings; however, the optimal choice of stochastic routing strategy is dependent on a model of the adversary. We adopt a worst-case omniscient adversary model from the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-10 Yohan John , Gilberto Diaz-Garcia , Xiaoming Duan , Jason R. Marden , Francesco Bullo

Active Directory (AD) is the default security management system for Windows domain networks. An AD environment naturally describes an attack graph where nodes represent computers/accounts/security groups, and edges represent existing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-09 Mingyu Guo , Max Ward , Aneta Neumann , Frank Neumann , Hung Nguyen

In this letter, we investigate the problem of dynamic spectrum access for small cell networks, using a graphical game approach. Compared with existing studies, we take the features of different cell loads and local interference relationship…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yuhua Xu , Chenggui Wang , Junhong Chen , Jinlong Wang , Yitao Xu , Qihui Wu , Alagan Anpalagan

We consider a sequence of transferable utility (TU) games where, at each time, the characteristic function is a random vector with realizations restricted to some set of values. The game differs from other ones in the literature on dynamic,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-01-25 Dario Bauso , Angelia Nedić