Measuring skill in games: Several approaches discussed

Mathematical Methods of Operations Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-391

  Dreef, Marcel ^a,b   Borm, Peter ^a   Van Der Genugten, Ben ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Games of chance; Games of skill

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

GAMES OF CHANCE; GAMES OF SKILLS; LEGITIMACY; SPECTATORS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 21144436977     PISSN: 14322994     EISSN: 14325217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001860400347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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