Pursuit-evasion games in mobile networks

In the last two decades, there has been an enormous effort to deploy a network of autonomous mobile platforms in various scenarios related to military as well as civilian applications. Interesting research problems related to security range from the development of secure communication protocols for a network of autonomous mobile agents to the development of novel deployment algorithms for a group of mobile agents trying to secure a network or an area from malicious intruders. In this thesis, we investigate the interaction between the mobile agents and an intruder in the environment or the communication network. In contradistinction to the previous research in this area, we model the intrusion as a pursuit-evasion game in continuous time and space. We model the intruder as an antagonistic agent and apply tools from differential game theory in order to obtain the optimal motion strategies for the agents to track the intruder as well as evade intrusion.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical & Computer Engr

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Bhattacharya, Sourabh

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hutchinson, Seth A.
• Basar, Tamer
• Liberzon, Daniel M.
• Hovakimyan, Naira
• Stipanović, Dušan M.

• Differential Games
• Pursuit-Evasion
• Jamming
• Robtics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2010 Sourabh Bhattacharya

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/16764

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/16764