Fixed point theorems and their applications to theory of Nash equilibria

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1415-1436

  Heikkila S ^a   Reffett, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascending; Fixed point; Generalized iterations; Increasing; Multi player game; Nash equilibrium; Poset; Product space; Set valued mapping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; STABILITY; THEOREM PROVING;

ASCENDING; FIXED POINT; GENERALIZED ITERATIONS; INCREASING; MULTI-PLAYER GAME; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; POSET; PRODUCT SPACE; SET-VALUED MAPPING;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 31444433358     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2005.06.043     Document Type: Article

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