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Journal papers, chapters, and selective conference papers

A complete record of journal publications and survey chapters, together with selected conference papers that develop work not covered in the journal record. For the full conference list, see my Google Scholar profile or CV.

  • 2026
  • Incentive Design in Competitive Resource Allocation: Exploiting Valuation Asymmetry in Tullock Contests
    G. Diaz-Garcia, F. Bullo, J.R. Marden. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2026 (to appear)
  • Learning Empirical Evidence Equilibria under Weak Environmental Coupling
    A. Hamed, J.R. Marden, J.S. Shamma. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2026 (to appear)
  • A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Load Shifting in Industrial Refrigeration Facilities
    A. Zibaie, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2026
  • Beyond Arbitrary Allocations: Security Values in Constrained General Lotto Games
    K. Paarporn, J.R. Marden. European Control Conference, 2026
  • Cooling Under Convexity: An Inventory Control Perspective on Industrial Refrigeration
    V. Shah, Y. John, E. Freifeld, L. Chen, J.R. Marden. American Control Conference, 2026
  • Playing with Peaks: A Game-Theoretic Comparison of Electricity Pricing Mechanisms
    V. Shah, J.R. Marden. European Control Conference, 2026
  • Resource Allocation in Adversarial Interactions: A Tutorial on Colonel Blotto Games
    K. Paarporn, J.R. Marden. American Control Conference, 2026 (tutorial)
  • Move Over, Prisoner's Dilemma: Colonel Blotto Has Arrived
    J.R. Marden, K. Paarporn. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 2026 (under submission)
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  • 2025
  • A Stochastic Surveillance Stackelberg Game: Co-Optimizing Defense Placement and Patrol Strategy
    Y. John, G. Diaz-Garcia, X. Duan, J.R. Marden, F. Bullo. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2025
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  • Best Response Sequences and Tradeoffs in Submodular Resource Allocation Games
    R. Konda, R. Chandan, D. Grimsman, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2025 (to appear)
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  • Incomplete and Asymmetric Information in General Lotto Games
    K. Paarporn, R. Chandan, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 70, Issue 6, pp. 3617-3632, 2025
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  • Methodologies for Quantifying and Optimizing the Price of Anarchy
    R. Chandan, D. Paccagnan, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2025 (to appear)
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  • Reinforcement Strategies in General Lotto Games
    K. Paarporn, R. Chandan, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 70, Issue 4, 2025
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  • Strategic Coalitions in Networked Contest Games
    G. Diaz-Garcia, F. Bullo, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2025 (to appear)
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  • Strategically Revealing Intentions in General Lotto Games
    K. Paarporn, R. Chandan, D. Kovenock, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2025 (to appear)
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  • The Art of Concession in General Lotto Games
    R. Chandan, K. Paarporn, D. Kovenock, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. Games and Economic Behavior, 2025 (to appear)
  • The Defense of Networked Targets in General Lotto Games
    A. Aghajan, K. Paarporn, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, 2025 (to appear)
  • The Price of Simplicity: Analyzing Decoupled Policies for Multi-Location Inventory Control
    Y. John, V. Shah, J. Preiss, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2025
  • The Value of Compromising Strategic Intent in General Lotto Games
    G. Diaz-Garcia, K. Paarporn, J.R. Marden. American Control Conference, 2025
  • Trial-and-Error Learning in Decentralized Matching Markets
    V. Shah, B.L. Ferguson, J.R. Marden. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2025
  • When More Information Means Less: A Case Study in Asymmetric All-Pay Auctions
    G. Diaz-Garcia, K. Paarporn, J.R. Marden. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2025
  • 2024
  • Extension Theorems for General Lotto Games with Applications to Network Security
    A. Aghajan, K. Paarporn, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 185-196, 2024
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  • Inefficient Alliance Formation in Coalitional Blotto Games
    V. Shah, K. Paarporn, J.R. Marden. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2024
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  • Information Signalling with Concurrent Monetary Incentives in Bayesian Congestion Games
    B.L. Ferguson, P.N. Brown, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 25, Issue 7, pp. 8028-8041, 2024
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  • Optimal Utility Design of Greedy Algorithms in Resource Allocation Games
    R. Konda, R. Chandan, D. Grimsman, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 69, Issue 10, pp. 6592-6604, 2024
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  • Is Limited Information Enough? An Approximate Multi-agent Coverage Control in Non-Convex Discrete Environments
    T. Iwase, D. Paccagnan, A. Beynier, N. Bredeche, N. Maudet, J.R. Marden. 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2024
  • Learning Optimal Stable Matches in Decentralized Markets with Unknown Preferences
    V. Shah, B.L. Ferguson, J.R. Marden. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2024
  • Utilizing Load Shifting for Optimal Compressor Sequencing in Industrial Refrigeration
    R. Konda, V. Chandan, J. Crossno, B. Pollard, D. Walsh, R. Bohonek, J.R. Marden. American Control Conference, 2024
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  • 2023
  • Distributed Markov Chain-based Strategies for Multi-Agent Robotic Surveillance
    G. Diaz-Garcia, F. Bullo, J.R. Marden. IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 7, pp. 2527-2532, 2023
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  • Robust Networked Multiagent Optimization: Designing Agents to Repair Their Own Utility Functions
    P.N. Brown, J. Seaston, J.R. Marden. Dynamic Games and Applications, Vol. 13, pp. 187-207, 2023
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  • Robust Utility Design in Distributed Resource Allocation Problems with Defective Agents
    B.L. Ferguson, J.R. Marden. Dynamic Games and Applications, Vol. 13, pp. 208-230, 2023
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  • The Cost of Informing Decision-Makers in Multi-Agent Maximum Coverage Problems with Random Resource Value
    B.L. Ferguson, D. Paccagnan, J.R. Marden. IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 7, pp. 2928-2933, 2023
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  • The Impact of Measurement Passing in Sensor Network Measurement Selection
    D. Grimsman, M. Kirchner, J.P. Hespanha, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023
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  • Value of Information in Incentive Design: A Case Study in Simple Congestion Networks
    B.L. Ferguson, P.N. Brown, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Vol. 10, Issue 6, pp. 3077-3088, 2023
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  • Equilibrium Characterizations of Multi-resource Lotto Games
    A. Aghajan, K. Paarporn, J.R. Marden. IFAC-PapersOnLine (IFAC World Congress), Vol. 56, Issue 2, pp. 2805-2810, 2023
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  • Markov Games with Decoupled Dynamics: Price of Anarchy and Sample Complexity
    R. Zhang, Y. Zhang, R. Konda, B.L. Ferguson, J.R. Marden, N. Li. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023
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  • Path Defense in Dynamic Defender-Attacker Blotto Games (dDAB) with Limited Information
    A. Chen, B.L. Ferguson, D. Shishika, M. Dorothy, J.R. Marden, G.J. Pappas, V. Kumar. American Control Conference, 2023
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  • Quality of Non-Convergent Best Response Processes in Multi-Agent Systems through Sink Equilibrium
    R. Konda, R. Chandan, J.R. Marden. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023
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  • Trajectories for the Optimal Collection of Information
    M. Kirchner, D. Grimsman, J. Hespanha, J.R. Marden. IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2023
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  • 2022
  • Asymmetric Battlefield Uncertainty in General Lotto Games
    K. Paarporn, R. Chandan, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 6, pp. 2822-2827, 2022
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  • Learning in Potential Games for Electric Power Grids: Models, Dynamics, and Outlook
    S. Wang, L. Ding, J.R. Marden. IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 16, Issue 3, pp. 5079-5091, 2022
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  • Multiagent Maximum Coverage Problems: The Tradeoff Between Anarchy and Stability
    V. Ramaswamy, D. Paccagnan, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 67, Issue 4, pp. 1698-1712, 2022
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  • Policy Evaluation and Seeking for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Based on Strict Best Response Dynamics
    R. Yan, X. Duan, Z. Shi, Y. Zhong, J.R. Marden, F. Bullo. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 67, Issue 4, pp. 1898-1913, 2022
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  • The Effectiveness of Subsidies and Tolls in Congestion Games
    B.L. Ferguson, P.N. Brown, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 67, Issue 6, pp. 2729-2742, 2022
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  • Utility Design for Distributed Resource Allocation — Part II: Applications to Submodular, Covering, and Supermodular Problems
    D. Paccagnan, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 67, Issue 2, pp. 618-632, 2022
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  • Utility and Mechanism Design in Multiagent Systems: An Overview
    D. Paccagnan, R. Chandan, J.R. Marden. Annual Reviews in Control, Vol. 53, pp. 315-328, 2022
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  • 2021
  • A Risk-Security Tradeoff in Graphical Coordination Games
    K. Paarporn, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 66, Issue 5, pp. 1973-1985, 2021
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  • Optimal Taxes in Atomic Congestion Games
    D. Paccagnan, R. Chandan, B.L. Ferguson, J.R. Marden. ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation, Vol. 9, Issue 3, pp. 1-33, 2021
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  • The Effectiveness of Subsidies and Tolls in Atomic Congestion Games
    B.L. Ferguson, P.N. Brown, J.R. Marden. IEEE Control Systems Letters, pp. 614-619, 2021
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  • The Impact of Complex and Informed Adversarial Behavior in Graphical Coordination Games
    K. Paarporn, B. Canty, P.N. Brown, M. Alizadeh, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp. 200-211, 2021
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  • 2020
  • Can Taxes Improve Congestion on all Networks?
    P.N. Brown, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, Vol. 7, Issue 4, pp. 1643-1653, 2020
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  • Utility Design for Distributed Resource Allocation — Part I: Characterizing and Optimizing the Exact Price of Anarchy
    D. Paccagnan, R. Chandan, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 65, Issue 11, pp. 4616-4631, 2020
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  • 2019
  • Learning Efficient Correlated Equilibrium
    H. Borowski, J.R. Marden, J.S. Shamma. Dynamic Games and Applications, Vol. 9, pp. 24-46, 2019
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  • Security Against Impersonation Attacks in Distributed Systems
    P.N. Brown, H. Borowski, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 440-450, 2019
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  • The Impact of Information in Distributed Submodular Maximization
    D. Grimsman, M.S. Ali, J.P. Hespanha, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 1334-1343, 2019
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  • The Importance of System-Level Information in Multiagent Systems Design: Cardinality and Covering Problems
    D. Paccagnan, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 64, Issue 8, pp. 3253-3267, 2019
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  • 2018
  • Design Tradeoffs in Concave Cost-Sharing Games
    M. Phillips, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 63, Issue 7, pp. 2242-2247, 2018
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  • Optimal Mechanisms for Robust Coordination in Congestion Games
    P.N. Brown, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 63, Issue 8, pp. 2437-2448, 2018
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  • Game Theory and Control
    J.R. Marden, J.S. Shamma. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 1, 2018
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  • 2017
  • Fast Convergence in Semianonymous Potential Games
    H. Borowski, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp. 246-258, 2017
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  • Selecting Efficient Correlated Equilibria Through Distributed Learning
    J.R. Marden. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 106, pp. 114-133, 2017
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  • Studies on Robust Social Influence Mechanisms: Incentives for Efficient Network Routing in Uncertain Settings
    P.N. Brown, J.R. Marden. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 37, Issue 1, pp. 98-115, 2017
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  • The Robustness of Marginal-Cost Taxes in Affine Congestion Games
    P.N. Brown, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 62, Issue 8, pp. 3999-4004, 2017
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  • The Role of Information in Distributed Resource Allocation
    J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, Vol. 4, Issue 3, pp. 654-664, 2017
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  • Game Theoretic Learning in Distributed Control
    J.R. Marden, J.S. Shamma. Handbook of Dynamic Game Theory, pp. 1-36, 2017
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  • 2016
  • Wind Plant Power Optimization through Yaw Control Using a Parametric Model for Wake Effects — A CFD Simulation Study
    P. Gebraad, F.W. Teeuwisse, J.W. van Wingerden, P.A. Fleming, S.D. Ruben, J.R. Marden, L.Y. Pao. Wind Energy, Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp. 95-114, 2016
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  • 2015
  • Game Theory and Distributed Control
    J.R. Marden, J.S. Shamma. Handbook of Game Theory, Volume IV (eds. P. Young & S. Zamir), Elsevier, pp. 861-899, 2015
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  • 2014
  • Achieving Pareto Optimality Through Distributed Learning ★ SIAG/CST Best SICON Paper Prize
    J.R. Marden, H.P. Young, L.Y. Pao. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol. 52, Issue 2, pp. 2753-2770, 2014
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  • Decoupling Coupled Constraints Through Utility Design
    N. Li, J.R. Marden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 59, Issue 8, pp. 2289-2294, 2014
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  • Generalized Efficiency Bounds in Distributed Resource Allocation
    J.R. Marden, T. Roughgarden. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 59, Issue 3, pp. 571-584, 2014
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  • Potential Games are Necessary to Ensure Pure Nash Equilibria in Cost Sharing Games
    R. Gopalakrishnan, J.R. Marden, A. Wierman. Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 39, Issue 4, pp. 1252-1296, 2014
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  • 2013
  • A Model-Free Approach to Wind Farm Control Using Game Theoretic Methods
    J.R. Marden, S. Ruben, L.Y. Pao. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 21, Issue 4, pp. 1207-1214, 2013
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  • Designing Games for Distributed Optimization
    N. Li, J.R. Marden. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 230-242, 2013
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  • Distributed Welfare Games
    J.R. Marden, A. Wierman. Operations Research, Vol. 61, Issue 1, pp. 155-168, 2013
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  • Overcoming the Limitations of Utility Design for Multiagent Systems
    J.R. Marden, A. Wierman. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 58, Issue 6, pp. 1402-1415, 2013
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  • 2012
  • Revisiting Log-Linear Learning: Asynchrony, Completeness and a Payoff-based Implementation
    J.R. Marden, J.S. Shamma. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 75, Issue 2, pp. 788-808, 2012
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  • State Based Potential Games
    J.R. Marden. Automatica, Vol. 48, pp. 3075-3088, 2012
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  • The Price of Selfishness in Network Coding
    J.R. Marden, M. Effros. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 58, Issue 4, pp. 2349-2361, 2012
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  • 2011
  • An Architectural View of Game Theoretic Control
    R. Gopalakrishnan, J.R. Marden, A. Wierman. ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 38, Issue 3, pp. 31-36, 2011
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  • 2009
  • Cooperative Control and Potential Games
    J.R. Marden, G. Arslan, J.S. Shamma. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics, Vol. 39, Issue 6, pp. 1393-1407, 2009
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  • Joint Strategy Fictitious Play with Inertia for Potential Games
    J.R. Marden, G. Arslan, J.S. Shamma. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 54, Issue 2, pp. 208-220, 2009
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  • Payoff Based Dynamics for Multi-Player Weakly Acyclic Games
    J.R. Marden, H.P. Young, G. Arslan, J.S. Shamma. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol. 48, Issue 1, pp. 373-396, 2009
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  • 2007
  • Autonomous Vehicle-Target Assignment: A Game Theoretical Formulation
    G. Arslan, J.R. Marden, J.S. Shamma. ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 129, Issue 5, pp. 584-596, 2007
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