Prim–Read theory, or Prim–Read defense, was an important development in game theory that led to radical changes in the United States' views on the value...
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Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions. It has applications in many fields of social science, and is used extensively...
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Daniel Kahneman (redirect from Central capacity theory)
challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory. Kahneman became known as the "grandfather of behavioral economics." With...
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In game theory, a focal point (or Schelling point) is a solution that people tend to choose by default in the absence of communication in order to avoid...
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Either way, philosopher John Rawls concludes differently in his 1971 A Theory of Justice, stating that a just society must tolerate the intolerant, for...
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John von Neumann (section Set theory)
that von Neumann read a book by the mathematical economist Léon Walras. Von Neumann noticed that Walras's General Equilibrium Theory and Walras's law...
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In game theory, a cooperative or coalitional game is a game with groups of players who form binding "coalitions" with external enforcement of cooperative...
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Combinatorial game theory is a branch of mathematics and theoretical computer science that typically studies sequential games with perfect information...
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Deterrence theory refers to the scholarship and practice of how threats of using force by one party can convince another party to refrain from initiating...
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Look up Appendix:Glossary of game theory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Game theory is the branch of mathematics in which games are studied: that...
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Minimax (redirect from Maximin (decision theory))
a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, combinatorial game theory, statistics, and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss...
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In game theory, a move, action, or play is any one of the options which a player can choose in a setting where the optimal outcome depends not only on...
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Stable matching problem (category Game theory game classes)
Economic Sciences was awarded to Lloyd S. Shapley and Alvin E. Roth "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design." An important and...
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252. ISBN 978-0-486-40917-7. Mendelson, Elliott (2016). Introducing Game Theory and its Applications. CRC Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4822-8587-1. "Wild Tic-Tac-Toe"...
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game theory is the study of strategic decision making by small interacting agents in very large populations. It lies at the intersection of game theory with...
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In cooperative game theory, the core is the set of feasible allocations or imputations where no coalition of agents can benefit by breaking away from the...
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Nash equilibrium (redirect from Nash theorem (in game theory))
In game theory, the Nash equilibrium is the most commonly used solution concept for non-cooperative games. A Nash equilibrium is a situation where no player...
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Evolutionary game theory (EGT) is the application of game theory to evolving populations in biology. It defines a framework of contests, strategies, and...
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Chopsticks (hand game) (category Combinatorial game theory)
Prim–Read theory Rational ignorance Rational irrationality Sperner's lemma Zermelo's theorem Subfields Algorithmic game theory Behavioral game theory...
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In game theory, Zermelo's theorem is a theorem about finite two-person games of perfect information in which the players move alternately and in which...
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In game theory, an information set is the basis for decision making in a game, which includes the actions available to players and the potential outcomes...
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and probability judgment; later they worked together to develop prospect theory, which aims to explain irrational human economic choices and is considered...
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No-win situation (category Game theory)
no-win outcomes and find more satisfactory results.[citation needed] In game theory, a "no-win" situation is a circumstance in which no player benefits from...
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Ariel Rubinstein (section Relevance of game theory)
born April 13, 1951) is an Israeli economist who works in economic theory, game theory and bounded rationality. Ariel Rubinstein is a professor of economics...
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Cournot competition (section Cournot's duopoly theory)
theory have ranged from searing condemnation to half-hearted endorsement. It has received sympathy in recent years as a contribution to game theory rather...
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Chicken (game) (redirect from Hawk and dove (game theory))
game or snowdrift game, is a model of conflict for two players in game theory. The principle of the game is that while the ideal outcome is for one player...
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Pareto efficiency (category Game theory)
better off without making some other person worse-off. In social choice theory, the same concept is sometimes called the unanimity principle, which says...
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Alpha–beta pruning (category Combinatorial game theory)
Prim–Read theory Rational ignorance Rational irrationality Sperner's lemma Zermelo's theorem Subfields Algorithmic game theory Behavioral game theory...
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Politics portal Two-level game theory is a political model, derived from game theory, that illustrates the domestic-international interactions between...
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Perfect information (redirect from Perfect information (game theory))
Perfect information is a concept in game theory and economics that describes a situation where all players in a game or all participants in a market have...
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