game theory fails a test

Justin Schwartz jkschw at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 18 19:36:55 PST 2002



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>It's my understanding that in game-theory tic tac toe simulations are
>considered state of the art. I think that to make game theory work it
>requires more complicated rules, as in chess for example where an person's
>choices are limited. Even a post-novice person playing go can beat any
>simulations out there because of the simplicity of the rules and the number
>of variables a person has to choose from.
>mcapri

It's bit beyond tic tac toe. But it's true that many person games are very difficult, mathematically speaking. Nonetheless the basic ideas, the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Nash Equilibrium, have widespread applicability, strong empirical support, and a lot of interesting results.

jks

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