CHENNAI: An algorithm that can help combat wildlife poaching by providing efficient patrolling using available limited resources has been developed by researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Harvard University.
Called CombSGPO or Combined Security Game Policy Optimisation, it provides strategy for resource allocation and patrolling for protecting wildlife using data on the animal population in the conserved area. It assumes poachers are aware of the patrolling being done at various sites.
