A Stochastic Surveillance Stackelberg Game: Co-Optimizing Defense Placement and Patrol Strategy

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Main Authors: John, Yohan, Diaz-Garcia, Gilberto, Duan, Xiaoming, Marden, Jason R., Bullo, Francesco
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Published: 2023
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author John, Yohan
Diaz-Garcia, Gilberto
Duan, Xiaoming
Marden, Jason R.
Bullo, Francesco
author_facet John, Yohan
Diaz-Garcia, Gilberto
Duan, Xiaoming
Marden, Jason R.
Bullo, Francesco
contents 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 literature and extend the formulation to accommodate heterogeneous defenses at the various nodes of the graph. Introducing this heterogeneity leads to interesting new patrol strategies. We identify efficient methods for computing these strategies in certain classes of graphs. We assess the effectiveness of these strategies via comparison to an upper bound on the value of the game. Finally, we leverage the heterogeneous defense formulation to develop novel defense placement algorithms that complement the patrol strategies.
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spellingShingle A Stochastic Surveillance Stackelberg Game: Co-Optimizing Defense Placement and Patrol Strategy
John, Yohan
Diaz-Garcia, Gilberto
Duan, Xiaoming
Marden, Jason R.
Bullo, Francesco
Systems and Control
Computer Science and Game Theory
Optimization and Control
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 literature and extend the formulation to accommodate heterogeneous defenses at the various nodes of the graph. Introducing this heterogeneity leads to interesting new patrol strategies. We identify efficient methods for computing these strategies in certain classes of graphs. We assess the effectiveness of these strategies via comparison to an upper bound on the value of the game. Finally, we leverage the heterogeneous defense formulation to develop novel defense placement algorithms that complement the patrol strategies.
title A Stochastic Surveillance Stackelberg Game: Co-Optimizing Defense Placement and Patrol Strategy
topic Systems and Control
Computer Science and Game Theory
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14714