Title
A Stackelberg security game with random strategies based on the extraproximal theoretic approach.
Abstract
In this paper we present a novel approach for representing a real-world attacker–defender Stackelberg security game-theoretic model based on the extraproximal method. We focus on a class of ergodic controlled finite Markov chain games. The extraproximal problem formulation is considered as a nonlinear programming problem with respect to stationary distributions. The Lagrange principle and Tikhonov׳s regularization method are employed to ensure the convergence of the cost functions. We transform the problem into a system of equations in a proximal format, and a two-step (prediction and basic) iterated procedure is applied to solve the formulated problem. In particular, the extraproximal method is employed for computing mixed strategies, providing a strong optimization formulation to compute the Stackelberg/Nash equilibrium. Mixed strategies are especially found when the resources available for both the defender and the attacker are limited. In this sense, each equation in this system is an optimization problem for which the minimum is found using a quadratic programming approach. The model supports a defender and N attackers. In order to address the dynamic execution uncertainty in security patrolling, we provide a game-theoretic based method for scheduling randomized patrols. Simulation results provide a validations of our approach.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.engappai.2014.09.002
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Keywords
Field
DocType
Security games,Strong Stackelberg equilibrium,Extraproximal method,Finite Markov chains
Tikhonov regularization,Convergence (routing),Mathematical optimization,Computer science,Nonlinear programming,Markov chain,Quadratic programming,Stackelberg competition,Nash equilibrium,Optimization problem
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
37
0952-1976
9
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.68
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kristal K. Trejo1293.24
Julio B. Clempner29120.11
Alexander S. Poznyak3222.52