Network Games: An Approach to Reasoning in An Adversarial Environment
Abstract
The major goal of this short-term project was to explore the use of game theory in the allocation ofmilitary, economic and political resources in an international setting. Over the nine month period during which this project was active, a successful study was made of the problem of analyzing a multi-person game in which the relationships between players are specified on a signed graph the sign of each edge depicts either a friendly{+} or unfriendly{-} relationship. A journal paper on this subject is currently under revision for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. An effort was made to use games on signed graphs to devise a new theory of alliance politics. A research paper has been prepared which seeks to outline a unified language of alliance politics using network games. This paper is currently under review. The classical Byzantine General's problem has been formulated and addressed assuming that the relationships involved, evolve on a time-varying graph. This work is scheduled to be presented remotely at the 21st IFAC World Congress in Berlin this coming summer. An effort was made to use network games to formulate and model certain security issues involving robotic surveillance and agents' mutual influences on communication networks. This research has led to a paper which is currently under review for remote presentation this summer. Due to travel constraints imposed because of the current world-wide pandemic, presentations of the main findings of this research will all be made remotely via the internet.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 06, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1115391
Entities
People
- Alfred S Morse
Organizations
- Yale University