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Original Articles

Applications of inspection games

Pages 179-192 | Received 27 Jul 2004, Published online: 14 Oct 2010
 

Abstract

An inspection game is a mathematical model of a non‐cooperative situation where an inspector verifies that another party, called inspectee, adheres to legal rules. The inspector wishes to deter illegal activity on the part of the inspectee and, should illegal activity nevertheless take place, detect it with the highest possible probability and as soon as possible. The inspectee may have some incentive to violate his commitments and violation, if observed, will incur punishment. Therefore if he chooses illegal behaviour, the inspectee will wish to avoid detection with the highest possible probability.

Three examples of applications are presented. The first one deals with random controls in public transportation systems. The second one describes the problem of verification of arms control and disarmament in a very general way. The third one deals with inspections over time which are important in the context of non‐proliferation verification.

Kontroles lošimas yra matematinis modelis tam tikru nekooperaciniu situaciju, kai inspektorius kontroliuoja kita puse, skatindamas korektiška elgesi. Inspektorius turi atbaidyti uždraustus veiksmus su kuo galima didesne tikimybe ir kuo greičiau. Tai reiškia, kad už nustatytu taisykliu pažeidima mokama tam tikra bauda ir šie pažeidimai aptinkami su maksimalia tikimybe. Straipsnyje nagrinejami trys šio modelio taikymo pavyzdžiai: atsitiktine visuomeninio transporto keleiviu kontrole, ginklu kontroles modelis ir paplitimo ribojimo per tam tikra laika modelis.

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