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Alpern, S. (author), Fokkink, R. (author), Gal, S. (author), Timmer, M. (author)We present a stochastic game that models ambush/search in a finite region Q which has area but no other structure. The searcher can search a unit area of Q in unit time or adopt an "ambush" mode for a certain period. The searcher "captures" the hider when the searched region contains the hider's location or if the hider moves while the searcher...journal article 2013
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Alpern, S. (author), Fokkink, R.J. (author), Kikuta, K. (author)In an accumulation game, the Hider secretly distributes his given total wealth $h$ among $n$ locations, while the Searcher picks $r$ locations and confiscates the material placed there. The Hider wins if what is left at the remaining $n-r$ locations is at least 1; otherwise the Searcher wins. Ruckle's conjecture says that an optimal Hider...journal article 2010