Shepherding with Actively Escaping Targets

Develop and analyze shepherding control strategies that explicitly address scenarios where target agents actively attempt to evade or escape the controller agents within the harnessing-complex-systems-for-control framework.

Background

The shepherding setup considered in the chapter involves controller agents influencing target agents via local interactions. Many proposed strategies assume passive targets or targets that do not actively oppose the control objective.

The authors explicitly identify handling actively escaping targets as an unresolved issue, emphasizing the need for control laws and analysis that remain effective under adversarial or evasive target behaviors.