EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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Chapter 5.5, Problem 2TTA
To determine
To explain: if it is possible to observe the involvement of mixed strategies in other sports settings, and also in outside the sports settings.
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Amy and Bob are playing the following board game:(I) Amy starts. She has three possible actions: Pass, Attack, or Defend.(II) Bob observes what Amy chose, and then chooses between three actions with the same names: Pass, Attack, or Defend.(III) If either player passes, or one attacks and the other defends, then the game ends. But if either both players attack, or if both players defend, then Amy has to choose between two actions: Respond or Not Respond.
The payoffs are as follows:- If both players pass, both players get a payoff of 0.- If a player attacks and the other player defends, the player that attacks gets a payoff of 1, while the player that defended gets a payoff of 2.- If a player passes but the other player attacks or defends, the player who passes gets a payoff of -1, and the player who attacked or defended gets a payoff of 3.- If both players attack or both players defend:– If Amy responds, she gets a payoff of 4, and Bob gets a payoff of 0.– If Amy does…
Game theory
Consider a simultaneous move game with two players. Player 1 has three possible actions (A,
B, or C) and Player 2 has two possible actions (D or E.) In the payoff matrix below, each cell
contains the payoff for Player 1 followed by the payoff for Player 2.
Player 2
7.
Player 1
ہے
A
B
C
D
-3, -3
0, -11
-4, 3
-11,
E
0
-7, -7
-12, 0
(a) Identify any dominated strategies in this game. If there are none, state this
clearly.
(b) Identify any pure strategy Nash Equilibria in this game. If there are none, state
this clearly.
4. Consider the two-player Rock-Paper-Scissors game. Each player can choose between three pure strategies:
Rock, Paper, and Scissors. Strategy Rock beats Scissors, but loses to Paper. Strategy Paper beats Rock but loses
to Scissors. Strategy Scissors beats Paper, but loses to Rock. When the game is a draw, the payoff for the
players is '0'. The payoff of winning is ‘+1' and the payoff of losing is '-1'.
Formulate this problem as a two-person, zero-sum game by constructing a payoff table.
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EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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