Poaching is one of the leading factors for dwindling population of protected species. PAWS (Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security) is an AI system that tracks and predicts poaching activities in a given area. It uses previous data from SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) to calculate the most efficient patrol routes for rangers. As more poaching data is added to SMART, PAWS gets better at predicting where poachers are likely going to hunt next. PAWS uses computational game theory and AI simulation to understand possible future poaching strategies for mitigating attacks with limited resources.
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