Complementarity and diagonal dominance in discounted stochastic games

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 39-56

  Amir, Rabah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0036432391     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021097716583     Document Type: Article

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