A COMPARISON OF THEORETICAL BEHAVIOR WITH OBSERVED BEHAVIOR IN A TWO-PERSON ZERO-SUM GAME INTERACTION.

Abstract

Two male subjects played five two-person zero-sum games involving two or three strategy choices per person. It was observed that games with pure strategy solutions could have these solutions approximated within 30 trials or less but that solutions to the mixed strategy games could not be approached in 50 trials. The subjects, though instructed, did not always behave in the 'rational' way of following the minimax principle. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618117

Entities

People

  • Barbara J. Kulik

Organizations

  • Arizona State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Zero-Sum Games

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Statistical inference.