Generalizations of the general lotto and colonel blotto games

D Kovenock, B Roberson - Economic Theory, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we generalize the General Lotto game (budget constraints satisfied in
expectation) and the Colonel Blotto game (budget constraints hold with probability one) to …

N-dimensional Blotto game with heterogeneous battlefield values

C Thomas - Economic Theory, 2018 - Springer
This paper introduces the irregular N-gon solution, a new geometric method for constructing
equilibrium distributions in the Colonel Blotto game with heterogeneous battlefield values …

The multiplayer colonel blotto game

E Boix-Adserà, BL Edelman, S Jayanti - … of the 21st ACM Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
We initiate the study of the natural multiplayer generalization of the classic continuous
Colonel Blotto game. The two-player Blotto game, introduced by Borel as a model of …

Colonel blotto games in network systems: models, strategies, and applications

S Guan, J Wang, H Yao, C Jiang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network systems, such as Internet, smart grids, transportation networks, social networks,
etc., play a critical role in human society. However, due to their inherent vulnerability as well …

Colonel blotto games with favoritism: Competitions with pre-allocations and asymmetric effectiveness

DQ Vu, P Loiseau - Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We introduce the Colonel Blotto game with favoritism, an extension of the famous Colonel
Blotto game where the winner-determination rule is generalized to include pre-allocations …

Colonel blotto game for sensor protection in interdependent critical infrastructure

A Ferdowsi, W Saad… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Securing the physical components of a city's interdependent critical infrastructure (ICI), such
as power, natural gas, and water systems is a challenging task due to their interdependence …

Focality and asymmetry in multi-battle contests

SM Chowdhury, D Kovenock, D Rojo Arjona… - The Economic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This article examines the influence of focality in Colonel Blotto games with a lottery contest
success function (CSF), where the equilibrium is unique and in pure strategies. We …

A colonel blotto game for interdependence-aware cyber-physical systems security in smart cities

A Ferdowsi, W Saad, B Maham… - Proceedings of the 2nd …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Smart cities must integrate a number of interdependent cyber-physical systems that operate
in a coordinated manner to improve the well-being of the city's residents. A cyber-physical …

Adversarial knapsack and secondary effects of common information for cyber operations

J Goohs, G Savin, L Starks, J Dykstra… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Variations of the Flip-It game have been applied to model network cyber operations. While
Flip-It can accurately express uncertainty and loss of control, it imposes no essential …

When showing your hand pays off: Announcing strategic intentions in colonel blotto games

R Chandan, K Paarporn… - 2020 American Control …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In competitive adversarial environments, it is often advantageous to obfuscate one's
strategies or capabilities. However, revealing one's strategic intentions may shift the …