The tree search game for two players
Abstract
We consider a two-player search game on a tree . One vertex (unknown to the players) is randomly selected as the target. The players alternately guess vertices. If a guess is not the target, then both players are informed in which subtree of the target lies. The winner is the player who guesses the target. When both players play optimally, we show that each of them wins with probability approximately . When one player plays optimally and the other plays randomly, we show that the player with the optimal strategy wins with probability between and (asymptotically). When both players play randomly, we show that each wins with probability between and (asymptotically).
Cite
@article{arxiv.2008.11543,
title = {The tree search game for two players},
author = {Ravi B. Boppana and Joel Brewster Lewis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.11543},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
24 pages. Essentially the same as published version (http://ajc.maths.uq.edu.au/pdf/82/ajc_v82_p119.pdf)