In this paper,we consider to learn the inherent probability distribution of types via knowledge transfer in a two-player repeated Bayesian game,which is a basic model in network security.In the Bayesian game,the attac...In this paper,we consider to learn the inherent probability distribution of types via knowledge transfer in a two-player repeated Bayesian game,which is a basic model in network security.In the Bayesian game,the attacker's distribution of types is unknown by the defender and the defender aims to reconstruct the distribution with historical actions.lt is dificult to calculate the distribution of types directly since the distribution is coupled with a prediction function of the attacker in the game model.Thus,we seek help from an interrelated complete-information game,based on the idea of transfer learning.We provide two different methods to estimate the prediction function in difftrent concrete conditions with knowledge transfer.After obtaining the estimated prediction function,the deiender can decouple the inherent distribution and the prediction function in the Bayesian game,and moreover,reconstruct the distribution of the attacker's types.Finally,we give numerical examples to illustrate the effectiveness of our methods.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(No.2016YFB0901900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61733018)The authors would like to thank Prof.Peng Yi for his helpful suggestions.
文摘In this paper,we consider to learn the inherent probability distribution of types via knowledge transfer in a two-player repeated Bayesian game,which is a basic model in network security.In the Bayesian game,the attacker's distribution of types is unknown by the defender and the defender aims to reconstruct the distribution with historical actions.lt is dificult to calculate the distribution of types directly since the distribution is coupled with a prediction function of the attacker in the game model.Thus,we seek help from an interrelated complete-information game,based on the idea of transfer learning.We provide two different methods to estimate the prediction function in difftrent concrete conditions with knowledge transfer.After obtaining the estimated prediction function,the deiender can decouple the inherent distribution and the prediction function in the Bayesian game,and moreover,reconstruct the distribution of the attacker's types.Finally,we give numerical examples to illustrate the effectiveness of our methods.
