English

Nash equilibrium in asymmetric multi-players zero-sum game with two strategic variables and only one alien

Optimization and Control 2018-09-11 v1 Computer Science and Game Theory

Abstract

We consider a partially asymmetric multi-players zero-sum game with two strategic variables. All but one players have the same payoff functions, and one player (Player nn) does not. Two strategic variables are tit_i's and sis_i's for each player ii. Mainly we will show the following results. 1) The equilibrium when all players choose tit_i's is equivalent to the equilibrium when all but one players choose tit_i's and Player nn chooses sns_n as their strategic variables. 2) The equilibrium when all players choose sis_i's is equivalent to the equilibrium when all but one players choose sis_i's and Player nn chooses tnt_n as their strategic variables. The equilibrium when all players choose tit_i's and the equilibrium when all players choose sis_i's are not equivalent although they are equivalent in a symmetric game in which all players have the same payoff functions.

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@article{arxiv.1809.01130,
  title  = {Nash equilibrium in asymmetric multi-players zero-sum game with two strategic variables and only one alien},
  author = {Atsuhiro Satoh and Yasuhito Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.01130},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

14 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1806.07203