Game Theory on the Ground: The Effect of Increased Patrols on Deterring Poachers

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dc.contributor.authorXu, Lily
dc.contributor.authorPerrault, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorPlumptre, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorDriciru, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorWanyama, Fred
dc.contributor.authorRwetsiba, Aggrey
dc.contributor.authorTambe, Milind
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-26T18:29:13Z
dc.date.available2022-12-26T18:29:13Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractApplications of artificial intelligence for wildlife protection have focused on learning models of poacher behavior based on historical patterns. However, poachers’ behaviors are described not only by their historical preferences, but also their reaction to ranger patrols. Past work applying machine learning and game theory to combat poaching have hypothesized that ranger patrols deter poachers, but have been unable to find evidence to identify how or even if deterrence occurs. Here for the first time, we demonstrate a measurable deterrence effect on real-world poaching data. We show that increased patrols in one region deter poaching in the next timestep, but poachers then move to neighboring regions. Our findings offer guidance on how adversaries should be modeled in realistic gametheoretic settings.en_US
dc.identifier.citationXu, L., Perrault, A., Plumptre, A., Driciru, M., Wanyama, F., Rwetsiba, A., & Tambe, M. (2020). Game theory on the ground: The effect of increased patrols on deterring poachers. arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.12411.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12411
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6594
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherarXiv preprint arXiven_US
dc.subjectGame Theoryen_US
dc.subjectGrounden_US
dc.subjectPatrolsen_US
dc.subjectDeterring Poachersen_US
dc.titleGame Theory on the Ground: The Effect of Increased Patrols on Deterring Poachersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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