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Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: Nash equil in Multiple player beauty con?
11/17/2008 03:52 PM by Nash jr.; Nash equil in Multiple player beauty contest
Hello! In class the following question occured: What does game theory predict in the following problem. There are 9 players. They simultanously have to choose between option A or option B. The payoff of choosing B is fixed at 5. The [View full text and thread]

Topic: Napster. Respond to the question: already working business model with hand?
11/05/2008 01:51 AM by charon; already working business model with handing out free creative works: advertisements
There already is a successful business model that is based on handing out free creative works and making profit elsewhere. Companies make their advertisement freely available. They even pay for it's distribution. Specifically in the [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: game theory for political violence?
10/27/2008 11:38 AM by faisal; game theory for political violence
I am trying to write an article on Bangladesh Politics. I have developed a simple game theory in order to show the consequences of armed politics in Bangladesh. Could you please kind enough to have a look at that (attachment), I have [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: game theory in political violence?
10/27/2008 11:17 AM by faisal; game theory in political violence
I am trying to write an article on Bangladesh Politics. I have developed a simple game theory in order to show the consequences of armed politics in Bangladesh. Could you please kind enough to have a look at that (attachment), I have [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: Game theory for political violence?
10/27/2008 11:06 AM by faisal; Game theory for political violence
Hello, I am trying to write an article on Bangladesh Politics. I have developed a simple game theory in order to show the consequences of armed politics in Bangladesh. Could you please kind enough to have a look at that (attachment), [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: Expected Utility Calculation?
10/05/2008 03:19 AM by Charles R; Internship programs
Looking for interns for a fast paced web startup in San Francisco. Please visit the site at www.travelmonks.com if interested [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: Expected Utility Calculation?
10/04/2008 11:19 AM by Trux; Expected Utility Calculation
Note: There are no assigned utility values. Do I assign them myself? Even then, how do I solve this? I have Word, Excel, Powerpoint if that's how you can answer me. Matthew is a contestant on the game show "Behind the Curtain." The [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: Game theory summary text?
10/02/2008 08:29 AM by Steve; Game theory 'summary text'
This is a very basic question, but one with which I'd really appreciate some pointers. I'm broadly familiar with what game theory/semantics is - having been introduced informally to some of the concepts around ten years ago in a [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: Again?
09/23/2008 12:22 AM by Christian Börger; Again...
Dear Folks, me again. Just another short one. My phd class at bocconi starts next year, so can anybody give me advice which conferences about Psychological Game Theory are worth to visit? My Diploma mein subject did not cover "new" [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: Classifications in Game Theory?
09/21/2008 11:46 PM by Christian Börger; Classifications in Game Theory
Hey Game Theorie Folks, just a short one. How can I classify psychological game theory from behavioral game theory? What are the differences? Can you give me a source where I can check this? Many thanks. From Germany, Christian [View full text and thread]

Topic: Zero Sum Games. Respond to the question: zerosum games?
09/17/2008 09:39 AM by elucterio; zero-sum games
Hi, does someone prove that fictitious play converge for n-persons (n > 2) zero sum games ? regards, elucterio [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: convergence of fictitious play in npers?
09/17/2008 09:31 AM by elucterio; convergence of fictitious play in n-persons zero-sum games
Hi, does someone prove that fictitious play converge to nash equilibrium in n-person (n > 2) zero-sum games ? regards elucterio [View full text and thread]

Topic: Prisoners Dilemma. Respond to the question: What about payoffs that dont behave lik?
09/16/2008 01:12 PM by name withheld;
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Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: odds decision theory?
08/13/2008 01:00 PM by curious; odds, decision theory
The National Electrical Code is the electrician's bible. Electricians seem to believe that if someone doesn't follow code he/she is doomed. I have two degrees in electrical/electronic engineering but I am not an electrician. I [View full text and thread]

Topic: Prisoners Dilemma. Respond to the question: What about payoffs that dont behave lik?
07/29/2008 01:49 AM by Edwin Jose Palathinkal; What about payoffs that don't behave like real numbers?
Are there existing explorations into IPD/other games with payoffs that are do not behave like real numbers? For example, I think there are IPD-like scenarios in which the payoffs oscillate between many phases depending on when the [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: Game Taxonomy?
06/26/2008 05:50 AM by María Paula Baquero; Game Taxonomy
Hello! I want to make a taxonomy of the types of games there exist, with their particular characteristics. I have allready defined some types, but I want to know if you have any information on these theme? Thank You. [View full text and thread]

Topic: General Equilibrium. Respond to the question: Mixed strategies in a 5 x 5 game Gauss?
06/20/2008 01:22 PM by Ariel; Mixed strategies in a 5 x 5 game - Gauss Jordan method
Hi everybody, I'm new in this forum. I have a problem when trying to find a mixed strategy equilibria in a 2 players, 5 x 5 game. I use the Gauss Jordan method to find the 5 unknowns, but I get a negative probability. Please see the [View full text and thread]

Topic: Other Topics. Respond to the question: questions about stochastic stable equili?
05/11/2008 07:39 PM by xyang; questions about stochastic stable equilibruim
1. Is there any difference between ¡®fictitious play¡¯ and ¡®fictitious play property¡¯? there are still other questions about Peyton Young's book, Individual Strategy and Social Structure.I wrote them in an word file,uploaded [View full text and thread]

Topic: General Equilibrium. Respond to the question: convergence to Nash equilibrium in Nper?
05/10/2008 08:47 AM by name withheld; convergence to Nash equilibrium in N-persons concave game
Hello, I have an updating scheme which always seem to converge to the same fixed point. Using Brouwer's fixed point theorem, I can proof the existence of a fixed point. However, I wasn't able to proof convergence of my algorithm to a [View full text and thread]

Topic: General Equilibrium. Respond to the question: convergence to Nash equilibrium in Nper?
05/10/2008 08:46 AM by name withheld; convergence to Nash equilibrium in N-persons concave game
Hello, I have an updating scheme which always seem to converge to the same fixed point. Using Brouwer's fixed point theorem, I can proof the existence of a fixed point. However, I wasn't able to proof convergence of my algorithm to a [View full text and thread]