The study of minimax inequalities, abstract economics and applications to variational inequalities and Nash equilibria

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-166

  Yuan, George Xian Zhi ^a   Isac, George ^b   Tan, Kok Keong ^c   Yu, Jian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abstract economics; Class LC; Equilibrium; KKM principle; LC majorant; LC majorized; Lower (upper) open sections; Lower (upper) semi continuous; Minimax inequality; Nash equilibrium; Qualitative game; The property (K)

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT ECONOMICS; MINIMAX INEQUALITIES; NASH EQUILIBRIA; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GEOMETRY; GRAPH THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING; TOPOLOGY;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032206388     PISSN: 01678019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006095413166     Document Type: Article

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