Min-Max payoffs in a two-player location game

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-507

  Chawla, S ^a   Rajan, U ^b   Ravi, R ^c   Sinha, A ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centerpoint theorem; Competitive location; Condorcet paradox; Hotelling game; Location

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; SET THEORY;

CENTERPOINT THEOREM; COMPETITIVE LOCATION; CONDORCET PARADOX; HOTELLING GAME;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33744919287     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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