Towards Addressing Challenges in Green Security Games in the Wild

Based on the successful deployment of gametheoretic decision support systems in protecting critical infrastructure such as ports, air ports and trains, recent research have started focusing on Green Security Games, where the law enforcement agencies aim to protect forest, wildlife and fishery with limited patrol resources. This paper (i) lays out the challenges in Green Security Games in the wild, including the challenges in planning patrol strategies, in learning from data and in real-world deployment; (ii) outlines the lessons learned from an initial test in an protected area in Southeast Asia during which patrol routes are generated based on game-theoretic models; (iii) outlines our on-going research of address some of the challenges.