M-Guarding in K-Visibility

Abstract

We explore the problem of $M$-guarding polygons with holes using $k$-visibility guards, where a set of guards is said to $M$-guard a polygon if every point in the polygon is visible to at least $M$ guards, with the constraint that there may only be 1 guard on each edge. A $k$-visibility guard can see through up to $k$ walls, with $k\ge 2$. We present a theorem establishing that any polygon with holes can be 2-guarded under $k$-visibility where $k\ge 2$, which expands existing results in 0-visibility. We provide an algorithm that $M$-guards a polygon using a convex decomposition of the polygon. We show that every point in the polygon is visible to at least four $2$-visibility guards and then extend the result to show that for any even $k\ge 2$ there exists a placement of guards such that every point in the polygon is visible to $k+2$ guards.