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In this article an $n$-pursuer versus $m$-evader reach-avoid differential game in 3D space is studied. A team of evaders aim to reach a stationary target while avoiding capture by a team of pursuers. The multiplayer scenario is formulated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Abinash Agasti , Puduru Viswanadha Reddy , Bharath Bhikkaji

In this paper, we investigate a multi-agent target guarding problem in which a single defender seeks to capture multiple attackers aiming to reach a high-value target area. In contrast to previous studies, the attackers herein are assumed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-02 Yoonjae Lee , Goutam Das , Daigo Shishika , Efstathios Bakolas

This paper introduces a novel reachability problem for the scenario involving two agents, where one agent follows another agent using a feedback strategy. The geometry of the reachable set for an agent, termed \emph{dependent reachable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-09 Venkata Ramana Makkapati , Tulasi Ram Vechalapu , Vinodhini Comandur , Seth Hutchinson

The aim of this work is to revise but also explore even further the escape dynamics in the H\'{e}non-Heiles system. In particular, we conduct a thorough and systematic numerical investigation distinguishing between trapped (ordered and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

In this article the pursuit problem of objects that moves with different accelerations and initial speeds is studied. Initially, the situation in which the escaping object moves in a straight line is considered. Under this condition, and if…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-08-07 Luis Rozas

This paper discusses a cooperative strategy for capturing a target using multiple pursuers in a planar scenario. Given an initial position distribution of pursuers, the Voronoi Diagram is employed to characterize the target's proximity…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Gautam Kumar , Ashwini Ratnoo

In this paper we study a linear pursuit differential game described by an infinite system of first-order differential equations in Hilbert space. The control functions of players are subject to geometric constraints. The pursuer attempts to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-19 Gafurjan Ibragimov , Massimiliano Ferrara , Idham Arif Alias , Mehdi Salimi

This paper studies a planar multiplayer Homicidal Chauffeur reach-avoid differential game, where each pursuer is a Dubins car and each evader has simple motion. The pursuers aim to protect a goal region cooperatively from the evaders. Due…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Rui Yan , Ruiliang Deng , Haowen Lai , Weixian Zhang , Zongying Shi , Yisheng Zhong

This work considers a multiplayer reach-avoid game between two adversarial teams in a general convex domain which consists of a target region and a play region. The evasion team, initially lying in the play region, aims to send as many its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Rui Yan , Zongying Shi , Yisheng Zhong

Suppose that in a given planar circular region, there are some smart mobile evaders and we would like to find them using sweeping agents. We assume that each agent has a line sensor of length 2r. We propose procedures for designing…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Roee M. Francos , Alfred M. Bruckstein

We consider a variant of the target defense problem in a planar conical environment where a single defender is tasked to capture a sequence of incoming attackers. The attackers' objective is to breach the target boundary without being…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-18 Arman Pourghorban , Dipankar Maity

We consider a class of pursuit-evasion differential games in which the evader has continuous access to the pursuer's location, but not vice-versa. There is an immobile sensor (e.g., a ground radar station) that can sense the evader's…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-06 Dipankar Maity

We study a pursuit-evasion game between two players with car-like dynamics and sensing limitations by formalizing it as a partially observable stochastic zero-sum game. The partial observability caused by the sensing constraints is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Burak M. Gonultas , Volkan Isler

The classical setting of optimal control theory assumes full knowledge of the process dynamics and the costs associated with every control strategy. The problem becomes much harder if the controller only knows a finite set of possible…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Marc Aurèle Gilles , Alexander Vladimirsky

We study the problem of capturing an Omnidirectional Evader in convex environments using a Differential Drive Robot (DDR). The DDR wins the game if at any time instant it captures (collides with) the evader. The evader wins if it can avoid…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-02-09 Ubaldo Ruiz , Volkan Isler

This paper presents a multiplayer Homicidal Chauffeur reach-avoid differential game, which involves Dubins-car pursuers and simple-motion evaders. The goal of the pursuers is to cooperatively protect a planar convex region from the evaders,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-25 Rui Yan , Xiaoming Duan , Rui Zou , Xin He , Zongying Shi , Francesco Bullo

This paper investigates the application of game-theoretic principles combined with advanced Kalman filtering techniques to enhance maritime target tracking systems. Specifically, the paper presents a two-player, imperfect information,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Daniel Leal , Ngoc Hung Nguyen , Alex Skvortsov , Sanjeev Arulampalam , Mahendra Piraveenan

We explore the escape dynamics in open Hamiltonian systems with multiple channels of escape continuing the work initiated in Part I. A thorough numerical investigation is conducted distinguishing between trapped (ordered and chaotic) and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

Motivated by station-keeping applications in various unmanned settings, this paper introduces a steering control law for a pair of agents operating in the vicinity of a fixed beacon in a three-dimensional environment. This feedback law is a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-02 Kevin S. Galloway , Biswadip Dey

In this paper, a time-optimal feedback solution to the game of two cars, for the case where the pursuer is faster and more agile than the evader, is presented. The concept of continuous subsets of the reachable set is introduced to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-01 Aditya Chaudhari , Debraj Chakraborty