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Zero Determinant Strategies
Posted by: Telmo C (IP Logged)
Date: August 21, 2012 10:04PM

Do you like math? Do you like game theory, statistics, and stochastic strategies? Do you like thinking about theories of mind? Do you like predetermining the future of your opponents using techniques that contain the word "zero"?

Here is something interesting.
And here is a sample implementation.

Re: Zero Determinant Strategies
Posted by: Josh M (IP Logged)
Date: August 21, 2012 10:29PM

Fascinating...


-Josh Marcus
Head of Plot, FI 3

Re: Zero Determinant Strategies
Posted by: Chris M (IP Logged)
Date: August 22, 2012 12:40AM

Interesting, and some of the math is above my pay grade.

Like a lot of theories in a lot of games, there's an unstated assumption that your opponent is using some kind of strategy that makes them unpredictable. These are the hardest opponents in any game, of course, but they are hardly the typical opponent.

In games involving people's decisions, psych is often at least as powerful as math.



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