Cyclic Markov equilibria in stochastic games

نویسندگان

  • János Flesch
  • Frank Thuijsman
  • Koos Vrieze
چکیده

We examine a three-person stochastic game where the only existing equi-libria consist of cyclic Markov strategies. Unlike in two-person games of a similar type, stationary "-equilibria (" > 0) do not exist for this game. Besides we characterize the set of feasible equilibrium rewards.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Int. J. Game Theory

دوره 26  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1997