Game-theoretic analysis of an ancient Chinese horse race problem

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2033-2055

  Leng, Mingming ^a   Parlar, Mahmut ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese horse race problem; Constant sum game; Mixed strategy; Non numeric linear programming; Probability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES;

CHINESE HORSE RACE PROBLEM; CONSTANT-SUM GAME; MIXED STRATEGY; NON-NUMERIC LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 27944452165     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2004.09.039     Document Type: Article

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