On the number and the distribution of the nash equilibria in supermodular games and their impact on the tipping set

Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Game Theory for Networks, GameNets '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 691-696

  Dhall, Sudarshan K ^a   Lakshmivarahan, S ^a   Verma, Pramode ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASH EQUILIBRIA; SECURITY ANALYSIS; SUPERMODULAR GAMES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 70349978583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GAMENETS.2009.5137462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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