Game of Defending a Target: A Linear Quadratic Differential Game Approach

Abstract

Pursuit-evasion (PE) differential games have recently received much attention in military applications involving adversaries. We extend the PE game problem to a problem of defending target, where the roles of the players are changed. The evader is to attack some fixed target, whereas the pursuer is to defend the target by intercepting the evader. We propose a practical strategy design approach based on the linear quadratic game theory with a receding horizon implementation. We prove the existence of solutions for the Riccati equations associated with games with simple dynamics. Simulation results justify the method.