Adversarial Leakage in Games

While the minimax (or maximin) strategy has become the standard and most agreed-upon solution for decision making in adversarial settings, as discussed in game theory, computer science, and other disciplines, its power arises from the use of mixed strategies, also known as probabilistic algorithms. Nevertheless, in adversarial settings we face the risk of information leakage about the actual strategy instantiation. Hence, real robust algorithms should take information leakage into account. In this paper we introduce the notion of adversarial leakage in games, namely, the ability of a player to learn the value of $b$ binary predicates about the strategy instantiation of her opponent. Different leakage models are suggested and tight bounds on the effect of adversarial leakage as a function of the level of leakage (captured by $b$) are established. The complexity of computing optimal strategies under these adversarial leakage models is also addressed. Together, our study introduces a new framework for robust...