Security Games in the Field: an Initial Study on a Transit System (Extended Abstract)

Abstract:

Going beyond previous deployments of Stackeleberg security games (SSGs), this paper presents actual results from the field using a novel deployed system referred to as the Multi-Operation Patrol Scheduling System (MOPSS). MOPSS generates patrols for a transit system considering three different threats: fare evasion (FE), terrorism (CT) and crime (CR). In so doing, this paper present four contributions: (i) we propose the first multi-operation patrolling system; (ii) MOPSS is the first system to use Markov decision processes (MDPs) to handle uncertain interruptions in the execution of patrol schedules; (iii) we are the first to deploy a new Opportunistic Security Game model, where the adversary, a criminal, makes opportunistic decisions on when and where to commit crimes and, most importantly (iv) we evaluate MOPSS via real-world deployments, providing some of the first real-world data from security games in the field.