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Tournament

Mathematics can help understand how behaviour emerges.

Golden Balls

TV show from Feb 2008 to Feb 2009 where a jackpot is to be shared between 2 contestants who secretly choose to "split" or "steal".

1. If both players "split", the jackpot is split equally between them.
2. If 1 player "splits" and the other "steals", the stealer gets the whole jackpot and the splitter leaves with nothing.
3. If both players "steal", they both leave with nothing.
 Cooperate Defect Cooperate (3,3) (0,5) Defect (5,0) (1,1)

3 teams

Cooperator

Always cooperate.

Always defect.

Alternator

Start by cooperating and then switch.

Play randomly.

Tit For Tat

Start by cooperating and then do whatever your opponent does in the previous round.

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Alternator C D C D C D C D Tit For Tat C C D C D C D C

 C D C (3,3) (0,5) D (5,0) (1,1)

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Alternator 3 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 Tit For Tat 3 0 5 0 5 0 5 0

 Alternator Cooperator Defector Random Tit For Tat Alternator 2.0 4.0 0.5 2.3 2.5 Cooperator 1.5 3.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 Defector 3.0 5.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 Random 2.2 4.0 0.5 2.3 2.7 Tit For Tat 2.5 3.0 1.0 2.3 3.0
A lot of strategies...

Applications of Game Theory

• Economics
• Biology
• Computer Science

(1928-2015)