Attack and interception in networks
Article dans une revue: This paper studies a game of attack and interception in a network, where a single attacker chooses a target and a path, and each node chooses a level of protection. We show that the Nash equilibrium of the game exists and is unique. We characterize equilibrium attack paths and attack distributions as a function of the underlying network and target values. We show that adding a link or increasing the value of a target may harm the attacker – a comparative statics effect which is reminiscent of Braess’s paradox in transportation economics. Finally, we contrast the Nash equilibrium with the equilibrium of a variant of the model: one where all nodes cooperate in interception.
Auteur(s)
Francis Bloch, Kalyan Chatterjee, Bhaskar Dutta
Revue
- Theoretical Economics
Date de publication
- 2023
Mots-clés JEL
Mots-clés
- Network interdiction
- Networks
- Attack and defense
- Inspection games
Pages
- 1511–1546
URL de la notice HAL
Version
- 1
Volume
- 18