Pursuit game
A two-person zero-sum differential game (cf. Differential games) of pursuer (hunter) and evader (prey) , whose motions are described by systems of differential equations:
Here, are the phase vectors determining the states of the players and , respectively, and are control parameters, chosen by the players at each moment of time from given compact sets in Euclidean space. The objective of can be, e.g., to approach up to a given distance, which formally means that falls in some -neighbourhood of . Here one distinguishes between approach with minimum time (pursuit-evasion games), up to a given time (pursuit games with prescribed duration) and up to the moment of arrival of in a certain set (games with "life-line" ). Games with complete information have been relatively well-studied; here both players know the phase state of each other at every moment of time involved. Solving a pursuit game means finding an equilibrium (cf. Saddle point in game theory).
References
[1] | L.S. Pontryagin, "On the theory of differential games" Russian Math. Surveys , 21 : 4 (1966) pp. 193–246 Uspekhi Mat. Nauk , 21 : 4 (1966) pp. 219–274 |
[2] | N.N. Krasovaskii, A.I. Subbotin, "Game-theoretical control problems" , Springer (1988) (Translated from Russian) |
[3] | R. Isaacs, "Differential games" , Wiley (1965) |
[4] | L.A. Petrosyan, "Differential pursuit games" , Leningrad (1977) (In Russian) |
Comments
Pursuit games are also called games of pursuit or games of pursuit-evasion.
Related to pursuit games are search games with (im-) mobile hider. Such games are usually stochastic, due to incomplete information.
References
[a1] | S. Gal, "Search games with mobile and immobile hider" SIAM J. Control Optim. , 17 (1979) pp. 332–349 |
[a2] | G.J. Olsder, G.P. Papavassilopoulos, "About when to use the searchlight" J. Math. Anal. Appl. , 136 (1988) pp. 466–478 |
[a3] | A. Friedman, "Differential games" , Wiley (1971) |
[a4] | O. Hajek, "Pursuit games" , Acad. Press (1975) |
[a5] | T. Basar, G.J. Olsder, "Dynamic noncooperative game theory" , Acad. Press (1982) |
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