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Predicting the Effects of Intervention and Sabotage in a Boundedly Complex Game

Holm, Jerker LU (1992) In Mathematical Social Sciences 24(2-3). p.321-342
Abstract
Conditions for predicting the effects of intervention with certainty are derived. An outside observer studies sequences of actions from a two-person repeated prisoners' dilemma. The sequences are generated by finite automata, which are optimal at each stage of the game and also minimize the number of states. An intervention is a change of action for one of the players and a prediction is a statement about what action the other player will choose in the next period. One result is that predictions can always be made certain at some stages of the game.
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Complex game, finite automata, prisoners' dilemma
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Mathematical Social Sciences
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24
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2-3
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321 - 342
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Elsevier
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0165-4896
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10.1016/0165-4896(92)90066-E
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English
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  series       = {{Mathematical Social Sciences}},
  title        = {{Predicting the Effects of Intervention and Sabotage in a Boundedly Complex Game}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/0165-4896(92)90066-E}},
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