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Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Colonel Blotto

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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

In this talk I would like to talk about the Colonel Blotto game. In the classical discrete Colonel Blotto game -introduced by Borel in 1921- two colonels simultaneously distribute their troops across multiple battlefields. The winner of each battlefield is determined by a winner-take-all rule, independently of other battlefields. In the original formulation, each colonel's goal is to win as many battlefields as possible. The Blotto game and its extensions have been used in a wide range of applications from political campaign -exemplified by the U.S presidential election- to marketing campaign, from (innovative) technology competition to sport ...