Spatial dispersion as a dynamic coordination problem

Theory and Decision

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-59

  Alpern, Steve ^a   Reyniers, Diane J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Dispersion; Markov chain

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

DYNAMIC COORDINATION PROBLEM; SPATIAL DISPERSION;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 0036704246     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020891631738     Document Type: Article

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