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We study a random game in which two players in turn play a fixed number of moves. For each move, there are two possible choices. To each possible outcome of the game we assign a winner in an i.i.d. fashion with a fixed parameter p. In the…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Natalia Cardona-Tobón , Anja Sturm , Jan M. Swart

In this work, we study the effectiveness of employing archetypal aperiodic sequencing -- namely Fibonacci, Thue-Morse, and Rudin-Shapiro -- on the Parrondian effect. From a capital gain perspective, our results show that these series do…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-01-14 Marcelo A. Pires , Erveton P. Pinto , Rone N. da Silva , Sílvio M. Duarte Queirós

We consider a collective version of Parrondo's games with probabilities parametrized by rho in (0,1) in which a fraction phi in (0,1] of an infinite number of players collectively choose and individually play at each turn the game that…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-11-23 S. N. Ethier , Jiyeon Lee

We investigate the possibility of implementing a sequence of quantum walks whose probability distributions give an overall positive winning probability, while it is negative for the single walks (Parrondo's paradox). In particular, we have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-27 Georg Trautmann , Caspar Groiseau , Sandro Wimberger

Both single-player Parrondo games (SPPG) and multi-player Parrondo games (MPPG) display the Parrondo Effect (PE) wherein two or more individually fair (or Llosing) games yield a net winning outcome if alternated periodically or randomly.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 J. B. Satinover , D. Sornette

We consider a deterministic realization of Parrondo games and use periodic orbit theory to analyze their asymptotic behavior.

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roberto Artuso , Lucia Cavallasca , Giampaolo Cristadoro

I give a simple analysis of the game that I previously published in Scientific American which shows the paradoxical behavior whereby two losing games randomly combine to form a winning game. The game, modeled on a random walk, requires only…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Dean Astumian

We introduce a multi-coin discrete quantum random walk where the amplitude for a coin flip depends upon previous tosses. Although the corresponding classical random walk is unbiased, a bias can be introduced into the quantum walk by varying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Adrian P. Flitney , Derek Abbott , Neil F. Johnson

We study the effect of quantum noise on history dependent quantum Parrondo's games by taking into account different noise channels. Our calculations show that entanglement can play a crucial role in quantum Parrondo's games. It is seen that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-13 Salman Khan , M. Ramzan , M. K. Khan

We discuss some aspects of Astumian suggestions that combination of biased games (Parrondo's paradox) can explain performance of molecular motors. Unfortunately the model is flawed by explicit asymmetry overlooked by the author. In…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2007-05-23 Edward W. Piotrowski , Jan Sladkowski

In the context of quantum information theory, "quantization" of various mathematical and computational constructions is said to occur upon the replacement, at various points in the construction, of the classical randomization notion of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-22 Steven A. Bleiler , Faisal Shah Khan

The Continuous-Time Random Walk (CTRW) formalism can be adapted to encompass stochastic processes with memory. In this article we will show how the random combination of two different unbiased CTRWs can give raise to a process with clear…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-11-30 Miquel Montero

The antique Mills Futurity slot machine has two unusual features. First, if a player loses 10 times in a row, the 10 lost coins are returned. Second, the payout distribution varies from coup to coup in a manner that is nonrandom and…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-10-18 S. N. Ethier , Jiyeon Lee

An optical model of classical photons propagating through array of many beam splitters is developed to give a physical analogy of Parrondo's game and Parrondo-Harmer-Abbott game. We showed both the two games are reasonable game without…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-01-22 Tieyan Si

A quantum logic gate of particular interest to both electrical engineers and game theorists is the quantum multiplexer. This shared interest is due to the facts that an arbitrary quantum logic gate may be expressed, up to arbitrary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-06-04 Faisal Shah Khan

If the parameters of the original Parrondo games $A$ and $B$ are allowed to be arbitrary, subject to a fairness constraint, and if the two (fair) games $A$ and $B$ are played in an arbitrary periodic sequence, then the rate of profit can…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-12-13 S. N. Ethier , Jiyeon Lee

Several authors have implied that the original inspiration for Parrondo's games was a physical system called a ``flashing Brownian ratchet''. The relationship seems to be intuitively clear but, surprisingly, has not yet been established…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-11-19 Andrew Allison , Derek Abbott

Various social dilemma games that follow different strategy updating rules have been studied on many networks.The reported results span the entire spectrum, from significantly boosting,to marginally affecting,to seriously decreasing the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-06-17 Qiang Zhang , Tianxiao Qi , Keqiang Li , Zengru Di , Jinshan Wu

We consider discrete time Brownian ratchet models: Parrondo's games. Using the Fourier transform, we calculate the exact probability distribution functions for both the capital dependent and history dependent Parrondo's games. We find that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-21 Rubina Zadourian , David B Saakian , Andreas Klumper

We show that a genuine Parrondo paradox can emerge in two-state quantum walks without resorting to experimentally intricate high-dimensional coins. To achieve such goal we employ a time-dependent coin operator without breaking the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Marcelo A. Pires , Sílvio M. Duarte Queirós