Action being character: A promising perspective on the solution concept of game theory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Deng, Kuiying ^a,c   Chu, Tianguang ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHARACTER; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL TASK; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79955802054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019014     Document Type: Article

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