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Logical gaps in the approximate solutions of the social learning game and an exact solution

Physics and Society 2015-06-17 v4

Abstract

After the social learning models were proposed, finding the solutions of the games becomes a well-defined mathematical question. However, almost all papers on the games and their applications are based on solutions built upon either an add-hoc argument or a twisted Bayesian analysis of the games. Here, we present logical gaps in those solutions and an exact solution of our own. We also introduced a minor extension to the original game such that not only logical difference but also difference in action outcomes among those solutions become visible.

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@article{arxiv.1310.2678,
  title  = {Logical gaps in the approximate solutions of the social learning game and an exact solution},
  author = {Wenjie Dai and Xin Wang and Zengru Di and Jinshan Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.2678},
  year   = {2015}
}

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A major revision