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View SchemaStatistical Mechanics of Two-player Iterated Games
| Authors | Rui Dilao, Joao Graciano |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | q-bio/0506027 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0506027 |
Abstract
We construct a statistical ensemble of games, where in each independent subensemble we have two players playing the same game. We derive the mean payoffs per move of the representative players of the game, and we evaluate all the deterministic policies with finite memory. In particular, we show that if one of the players has a generalized tit-for-tat policy, the mean payoff per move of both players is the same, forcing the equalization of the mean payoffs per move of both players. In the case of symmetric, non-cooperative and dilemmatic games, we show that generalized tit-for-tat policies together with the condition of not being the first to defect, leads to the highest mean payoffs per move for the players.
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