----- Original Message ----- From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:40 AM Subject: [PEN-L:24158] RE: Re: "Nobel" Prize
> > > >CB: If you get greater than 1 and <n sharing their > > strategies, one could > > >model conspiracy theory, although that's a no-no on the left > > such as it is. > > > > > > > No, noncommunication is a condition of game theory. > > Co-cnspirators are > > treated as a single actor for purposes of the game. jks > > Game theory can allow communication. It just changes the results, implying a > cooperative rather than a noncooperative game. Of course, it's the latter -- > e.g., the Prisoners' dilemma -- that are most famous. > jd > ================== And what about all those non-cooperative games that involve coercive communication........ Ian
