Objectively quantifying the value of player actions in football (soccer) is a challenging
problem. To date, studies in football analytics have mainly focused on the attacking side of …

The goal of this paper is to (re) introduce a real-world challenge problem for researchers in
multiagent systems and beyond, where our collective efforts may have a significant impact …

Security is a critical concern around the world that arises in protecting our ports, airports,
transportation or other critical national infrastructure, curtailing the illegal flow of drugs …

Abstract The Strong Stackelberg Equilibrium (SSE) has drawn extensive attention recently in
several security domains. However, the SSE concept neglects the advantage of defender's …

Defending critical infrastructures has received enormous attentions by security agencies.
Many infrastructures function as networks such as transportation and communication …

In this paper we present a novel approach to optimise tactical and strategic decision making
in football (soccer). We model the game of football as a multi-stage game which is made up …

Modern society is highly dependent on its critical infrastructures. These infrastructures
usually suffer intentional attacks, which is a serious threat to social wellbeing, making the …

We consider the problem of dynamically routing a fleet of vehicles tasked with surveilling a
set of targets over a collection of waypoints. As motivated by threat detection, the fleet must …

In this paper, we present a contract-based, decentralized planning approach for a team of
autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USV) to patrol and guard an asset in an …

In recent years, terrorist organizations (eg, ISIS or al-Qaeda) are increasingly directing
terrorists to launch coordinated attacks in their home countries. One example is the Paris …