Security and Game Theory - Algorithms, Deployed Systems, Lessons Learned

Global threats of terrorism, drug-smuggling, and other crimes have led to a significant increase in the need to deploy limited security resources to maximize their effectiveness. Game theory provides a sound mathematical approach for such effective deployment of limited security resources. A typical resulting approach is to randomize security schedules to avoid predictability, taking into account the importance of different targets and potential adversary reactions. This book distills the forefront of this research on game theory for security to provide the first and only study of long-term deployed applications of game theory in the security of key organizations such as the Los Angeles International Airport police and the U.S. Federal Air Marshals Service. The author and his research group draw on their extensive experience working with security officials to intelligently allocate limited security resources to protect targets, outlining the applications of their algorithms in research and the real world. The book also includes professional perspectives from security experts Erroll G. Southers; Lieutenant Commander Joe DiRenzo III, U.S. Coast Guard; Lieutenant Commander Ben Maule, U.S. Coast Guard; Commander Erik Jensen, U.S. Coast Guard; and Lieutenant Fred S. Bertsch IV, U.S. Coast Guard.