Evolutionary and asymptotic stability in symmetric multi-player games
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چکیده
We provide a classification of symmetric three-player games with two strategies and investigate evolutionary and asymptotic stability (in the replicator dynamics) of their Nash equilibria. We discuss similarities and differences between two-player and multi-player games. In particular, we construct examples which exhibit a novel behavior not found in two-player games.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Int. J. Game Theory
دوره 33 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004