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09/12/2000 09:27 AM by Walter;

I didn't say you can't use linear algebra to find a pure strategy NE. I said that it is easier to check for them first (at least for me it is easier to do it when the game is simple), and also it gives me reference of how many NE in [View full text and thread]

09/10/2000 07:44 AM by KR Simpson; Solution...

Thanks Walter. What doesn't make sense to me is why I cannot use linear algebra to determine that there is a pure strategy. In other words, why I don't get t=1, and 1-t=0. There are other pure strategy games where I don't get t=7/5 [View full text and thread]

09/04/2000 09:11 AM by Walter;

Let me repeat the game COL L R ROW U 3 5 D 1 -2 The numbers are player ROW's payoffs, since COL's payoffs are the negative of those (or some other number such that the sum of the utilities is [View full text and thread]

09/02/2000 01:59 PM by KR Simpson; Solution with a saddle point...

I am trying to solve the zero-sum game: 3, 5 1, -2

Ignoring for the moment that this game has a saddle point, how can I solve using linear algebra?

If I assign the column player fractional times Q and (1-Q), I should get Q=1, as that is the saddle point (3). But I can't get Q=1. Here is my math:

Q*3 + (1-Q)*5 = Q*1 + (1-Q)*(-2) 3Q +5 -5Q = Q -2 +2Q 5-2Q = 3Q-2 5Q = 7 Q= 7/5

Huh??

Let's try the row player... {fractional times P and (1-P)}

3P+1(1-P)=5P-2(1-P) 3P +1 -P = 5P -2 +2P 2P + 1 = 7P -2 3=5P p=3/5

Please help with the algorithm. Thanks



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