An algorithmic solution to the Blotto game using multi-marginal couplings

V Perchet, P Rigollet, T Le Gouic - … of the 23rd ACM Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
A century ago, Emile Borel published his seminal paper on the theory of play and integral
equations with skew-symmetric kernels [1]. Borel describes what is now called the Blotto …

A non-cooperative game based model for the cybersecurity of autonomous systems

F Jahan, W Sun, Q Niyaz - 2020 IEEE Security and Privacy …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous systems (AS) would soon revolutionize the way we live and work. The days are
not so far when these systems, from delivery drones to driverless cars, would be seen …

Beyond the 'Enemy-of-my-Enemy'Alliances: Coalitions in Networked Contest Games

G Díaz-Garcia, F Bullo… - 2023 62nd IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Competitive resource allocation describes scenarios where multiple agents compete by
spending their limited resources. For these settings, contest games offer a game-theoretic …

Stealthy Rootkits vs Low-Power IoT Devices: A Process-level Colonel Blotto Game

T Halabi - 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Trust …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Kernel-level rootkits are considered stealthy malware versions that can target Internet of
Things (IoT) devices as part of large-scale Advanced Persistent Threats. These can gain root …

The Defense of Networked Targets in General Lotto games

A Aghajan, K Paarporn, JR Marden - arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.06485, 2023 - arxiv.org
Ensuring the security of networked systems is a significant problem, considering the
susceptibility of modern infrastructures and technologies to adversarial interference. A …

Equilibrium characterizations of multi-resource Lotto games

A Aghajan, K Paarporn, JR Marden - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
The allocation of heterogeneous resources plays an increasingly important role in the
completion of system objectives and tasks. In this paper, we focus on deriving optimal …

Equilibrium characterizations of asymmetric Majoritarian contests

A Aghajan, K Paarporn, JR Marden - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The General Lotto game is a well-studied model where two opposing players
strategically allocate their resources to multiple battlefields. In its classic setting, each …

Analyzing pre-commitment strategies in General Lotto games

K Paarporn, R Chandan, D Kovenock… - 2023 American …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A salient feature of many optimal decision-making policies in adversarial environments is a
level of unpredictability, or randomness, which keeps opponents uncertain about the …

A Weakest-link Extension Theorem for General Lotto Games

A Aghajan, K Paarporn… - 2023 American Control …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The General Lotto game is a well-studied model where two opposing players strategically
allocate a limited amount resources to multiple contests. In the classic setup, each contest …

Managing Resources in Multi-resource General Lotto Games

A Aghajan, K Paarporn… - 2022 58th Annual Allerton …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
System planners have the responsibility to allocate limited resources towards accomplishing
multiple objectives. Optimal allocation strategies are increasingly becoming more complex …