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Static Nuel Games with Terminal Payoff

Discrete Mathematics 2025-07-01 v1 Computer Science and Game Theory

Abstract

In this paper we study a variant of the Nuel game (a generalization of the duel) which is played in turns by NN players. In each turn a single player must fire at one of the other players and has a certain probability of hitting and killing his target. The players shoot in a fixed sequence and when a player is eliminated, the ``move'' passes to the next surviving player. The winner is the last surviving player. We prove that, for every N2N\geq2, the Nuel has a stationary Nash equilibrium and provide algorithms for its computation.

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@article{arxiv.2409.01681,
  title  = {Static Nuel Games with Terminal Payoff},
  author = {S. Mastrakoulis and Ath. Kehagias},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.01681},
  year   = {2025}
}
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