Duopoly strategies programmed by experienced players

Econometrica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 517-555

  Selten, Reinhard ^a   Mitzkewitz, Michael ^a   Uhlich, Gerald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer tournament; Duopoly; Strategy method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000220948     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171752     Document Type: Article

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