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The reduction of qualitative games

Computer Science and Game Theory 2013-03-29 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

We extend the study of the iterated elimination of strictly dominated strategies (IESDS) from Nash strategic games to a class of qualitative games. Also in this case, the IESDS process leads us to a kind of 'rationalizable' result. We define several types of dominance relation and game reduction and establish conditions under which a unique and nonempty maximal reduction exists. We generalize, in this way, some results due to Dufwenberg and Stegeman (2002) and Apt (2007).

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@article{arxiv.1303.6976,
  title  = {The reduction of qualitative games},
  author = {Monica Patriche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.6976},
  year   = {2013}
}

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21 pages