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Autori principali: Wu, Yufei, Xu, Yixuan Even, Zhang, Xuming, Liu, Duo, Zhu, Shibing, Fang, Fei
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10799
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author Wu, Yufei
Xu, Yixuan Even
Zhang, Xuming
Liu, Duo
Zhu, Shibing
Fang, Fei
author_facet Wu, Yufei
Xu, Yixuan Even
Zhang, Xuming
Liu, Duo
Zhu, Shibing
Fang, Fei
contents Community engagement plays a critical role in anti-poaching efforts, yet existing mathematical models aimed at enhancing this engagement often overlook direct participation by community members as alternative patrollers. Unlike professional rangers, community members typically lack flexibility and experience, resulting in new challenges in optimizing patrol resource allocation. To address this gap, we propose a novel game-theoretic model for community-participated patrol, where a conservation agency strategically deploys both professional rangers and community members to safeguard wildlife against a best-responding poacher. In addition to a mixed-integer linear program formulation, we introduce a Two-Dimensional Binary Search algorithm and a novel Hybrid Waterfilling algorithm to efficiently solve the game in polynomial time. Through extensive experiments and a detailed case study focused on a protected tiger habitat in Northeast China, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithms and the practical applicability of our model.
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spellingShingle Improving Community-Participated Patrol for Anti-Poaching
Wu, Yufei
Xu, Yixuan Even
Zhang, Xuming
Liu, Duo
Zhu, Shibing
Fang, Fei
Computer Science and Game Theory
Community engagement plays a critical role in anti-poaching efforts, yet existing mathematical models aimed at enhancing this engagement often overlook direct participation by community members as alternative patrollers. Unlike professional rangers, community members typically lack flexibility and experience, resulting in new challenges in optimizing patrol resource allocation. To address this gap, we propose a novel game-theoretic model for community-participated patrol, where a conservation agency strategically deploys both professional rangers and community members to safeguard wildlife against a best-responding poacher. In addition to a mixed-integer linear program formulation, we introduce a Two-Dimensional Binary Search algorithm and a novel Hybrid Waterfilling algorithm to efficiently solve the game in polynomial time. Through extensive experiments and a detailed case study focused on a protected tiger habitat in Northeast China, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithms and the practical applicability of our model.
title Improving Community-Participated Patrol for Anti-Poaching
topic Computer Science and Game Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10799