Pursuit-evasion games

Abstract

Applied problems whose investigation involves methods of pursuit-evasion differential games are described. The main focus of this chapter is on timeoptimal problems close to R. Isaacs' "homicidal chauffeur" game and to linear differential games of fixed terminal time with J. Shinar's space interception problem as the major example. These problems are taken because after a change of variables they can be reduced to models with two state variables. This allows us to provide adequate graphical representations of the level sets of the value functions being obtained numerically and emphasize important peculiarities of these sets. Also, other conflict control problems and control problems with uncertainties being extensively investigated nowadays are briefly outlined.