SOME TOPICS IN TWO-PERSON GAMES,

Abstract

Several loosely-related essays are considered on the theory of finite, two-person games. The topics are (1) the block decomposition of symmetric games, (2) saddlepoints in matrices having submatrices with saddlepoints, (3) generalized saddlepoints and order matrices, (4) the existence of values in games with almostperfect information, and (5) the nonconvergence of ficitious play in non-zero-sum games. Throughout, there is an emphasis on features of the theory that depend only on the ordering of the payoffs, as opposed to their numerical values. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0421860

Entities

People

  • Lloyd Shapley

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Decomposition
  • Recreation
  • Symmetric Games
  • Zero-Sum Games

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Operations Research