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We've seen how to describe a zero-sum game and how to find equilibrium pairs. Give a real life example of Competitive Advantage. 1.1.67 'Rebuilt with the latest OpenFL and supporting libraries.' Attempt to fix some missing audio & crash issues 1.1.

The outcome of the game is the strategy pair denoted, with resulting payoff vector \((50, 50)\text\) 'Updated Papers Please for 64-bit & added Chinese localization.' Added modern macOS support by making the game 64 bit. It is probably simple to see from the matrix in Table 2.1.5 that Player 2 will always choose the large piece, thus Player 1 does best to cut the cake evenly. Thus the sum is the same, or constant, for each outcome. In more mathematical terms, the coordinates of each payoff vector add up to 100. In each outcome, the payoffs to each player add up to 100 (or 100%). Payoff matrix, in percent of cake, for Cake Cutting game. Then we can rewrite the matrix with the percentage values in Table 2.1.5 For example, half the cake would be 50%, a small piece might be 40%. In order to better see that this game is zero-sum (or constant-sum), we could give values for the amount of cake each player gets. It is important to determine what each player's options are first: how can the “cutter” cut the cake? How can the “chooser” pick her piece? The payoff matrix is given in Table 2.1.4. Determine the payoff matrix for this game. Zero-sum in Cake Division.Ĭonsider the cake division game. One player's win is another player's loss. At any give time during the game, a particular player may have more than $100, but then another player must have less than $100. If there are five players, then the sum of money for all five players is always $500. Zero-sum in Poker.Ĭonsider a poker game in which each player comes to the game with $100. We can always think of zero-sum games as being games in which one player's win is the other player's loss. Such games are sometimes called constant-sum games instead. More specifically, the terms (or coordinates) in each payoff vector must add up to the same value for each payoff vector. Ī two player game is called a zero-sum game if the sum of the payoffs to each player is constant for all possible outcomes of the game. In all of the examples from the last section, whatever one player won, the other player lost. Please see the Events page for details.Section 2.1 Introduction to Two-Person Zero-Sum Games ¶

The afternoon of the workshop will allow for continued discussion between attendees and the speakers.

The technical program is in the morning and includes coffee and lunch. Chicago area researchers with interest in theoretical computer science are invited to attend. Typically, each workshop will have three theoretical computer science experts present their perspective and research on a common theme. The Quarterly Theory Workshop is an initiative by the Northwestern CS Theory group to bring together researchers in Chicago and surrounding areas, who are interested in TCS and related areas to get together, attend invited talks and discuss problems in a specific area. The theory group at Northwestern also has strong interests in using computation as a fundamentally new lens to study other fundamental sciences, leading to areas of algorithmic game theory, machine learning and bioinformatics. The major research areas include design and analysis of algorithms, computational complexity, randomness in computation, combinatorial optimization, approximation algorithms, online algorithms. TCS studies the design of efficient algorithms and understanding the computational complexity of various computational tasks that arise in computer science, statistics, economics and the other sciences. Theoretical computer science looks at fundamental questions about computation by creating formal models of computation and understanding the resources needed to solve general and specific algorithmic questions.
