Hypothetical knowledge and counterfactual reasoning

International Journal of Game Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-330

  Halpern, Joseph Y ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science and School of Operations Research and Information Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Backwards induction solution; Counterfactuals; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033437395     PISSN: 00207276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001820050113     Document Type: Article

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