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Twenty Frames Removed Nearly One-Fifth of Hidden-Vehicle Seeds

History-conditioned minimax search found six avoidable counterexamples across eight Waymo scenarios.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-19-019
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Summary

History-conditioned minimax search found six avoidable counterexamples across eight Waymo scenarios.

The method certifies hidden trajectories against visibility, occupancy, map and kinematic constraints before searching for the legal path that hurts the ego vehicle's best response most. Extending memory from one frame to twenty reduced retained hidden seeds about 18.45% overall; no collision-producing attacker was found in two scenes within the finite budget.

Why it matters

History-conditioned minimax search found six avoidable counterexamples across eight Waymo scenarios.

Limits and context

No additional limitation was separately recorded.

Key claims

  1. History-conditioned minimax search found six avoidable counterexamples across eight Waymo scenarios.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-19-021

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2609.20480arXiv · primary research

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