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Device to implement precommitment by restricting one's future options
A commitment device is a mechanism or arrangement that implements precommitment by deliberately restricting one’s own future options in order to make
Commitment_device
Human behavior pattern in which the participant takes on increasing risk
Escalation of commitment is a pattern of decision-making in which individuals or groups continue to invest in a chosen course of action despite mounting
Escalation_of_commitment
Logical paradox in decision-making theory
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Paradox_of_tolerance
Paper-and-pencil game for two players
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Tic-tac-toe
Decision rule used for minimizing the possible loss for a worst-case scenario
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Minimax
Solution concept of a non-cooperative game
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Nash_equilibrium
Standard example in game theory
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Prisoner's_dilemma
Situation where total gains match total losses
assign probabilities to their respective actions, and then use a random device which, according to these probabilities, chooses an action for them. Each
Zero-sum_game
Mathematical models of strategic interactions
agreeably without resorting to fighting. Moreover, war may arise because of commitment problems: if two countries wish to settle a dispute via peaceful means
Game_theory
Hand game for two players or more
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Rock_paper_scissors
Weakly optimal allocation of resources
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Pareto_efficiency
Love focused on feelings
love—in the sense of "being in love", or passionate love—evolved as a "commitment device" which overrides rationality to suppress the search for alternative
Romance
Search algorithm
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Alpha–beta_pruning
Concept in game theory
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Shapley_value
Overuse of a shared resource
1172133. PMID 19628857. S2CID 39710673. Rachlin, H.; Green, L. (1972). "Commitment, choice, and self-control". Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Tragedy_of_the_commons
Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
could not be more important, namely, that human reason left to its own devices is apt to engage in a number of fallacies and systematic errors, so if
Daniel_Kahneman
Making of satisfactory, not optimal, decisions
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Bounded_rationality
English saying meaning "equivalent retaliation"
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Tit_for_tat
Model of conflict for two players in game theory
Russians sought to deter American attack by building a "doomsday machine", a device that would trigger world annihilation if Russia was hit by nuclear weapons
Chicken_(game)
Finding an optimal algorithm for playing chess
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Solving_chess
Concept in game theory
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Focal_point_(game_theory)
Two-player coordination game in game theory
observed randomizing device, then they might decide to correlate their strategies in the game based on the outcome of the device. For example, if the
Battle of the sexes (game theory)
Battle_of_the_sexes_(game_theory)
Experimental tool
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Dictator_game
Hand game for two or more players
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Chopsticks_(hand_game)
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
function to be placed at any position in the causal chain from the measurement device to the "subjective consciousness" of the human observer. In other words
John_von_Neumann
Game whose outcome can be correctly predicted
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Solved_game
American internet company
users to make commitment contracts in order to reach their personal goals. stickK users set up a "commitment contract", a commitment device where they agree
StickK
Political model of international conflict resolution
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Two-level_game_theory
Situation where all parties are worse off
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No-win_situation
Pairing where no unchosen pair prefers each other over their choice
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Stable_matching_problem
Combinatorial game theory theorem
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Sprague–Grundy_theorem
Economic model of competition
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Bertrand_competition
Class of theorems about Nash equilibrium payoff profiles in repeated games
equilibrium. Many other folk theorems have been proved in settings with commitment. In mathematics, the term folk theorem refers generally to any theorem
Folk_theorem_(game_theory)
Game in economic experiments
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Ultimatum_game
Condition in economics and game theory
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Perfect_information
Term in game theory
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Move_by_nature
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List_of_games_in_game_theory
Notion in combinatorial game theory
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Game_complexity
Model of humans as rational, self-interested agents
build into its assumptions the notion that people can give credible commitments to a course of conduct. He demonstrates the absurdity with the narrowness
Homo_economicus
Hungarian-American economist and philosopher (1920–2000)
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John_Harsanyi
Conflict between safety and cooperation
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Stag_hunt
Game theory scenario
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Win–win_game
Diplomatic policy of concessions
Nationalist faction (Germany and Italy) could not have broken a non-binding commitment, and they walked out at least once. The Republic was not even allowed
Appeasement
Solution concept in game theory
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Evolutionarily stable strategy
Evolutionarily_stable_strategy
Branch of game theory about two-player sequential games with perfect information
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Combinatorial_game_theory
Proof all ranked voting rules have spoilers
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Arrow's_impossibility_theorem
Tendency to overestimate in auctions
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Winner's_curse
Economic model
More generally, the leader must have commitment power. Moving observably first is the most obvious means of commitment: once the leader has made its move
Stackelberg_competition
Israeli-American mathematician (born 1930)
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Robert_Aumann
Decrease in severity of conflicts
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De-escalation
Game-theoretic concept
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Cheap_talk
Game theory concept
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Subgame_perfect_equilibrium
Problem in process of sharing surplus
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Cooperative_bargaining
Economic phenomenon
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Tyranny_of_small_decisions
Simple mathematical game
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Pirate_game
Israeli psychologist (1937–1996)
under uncertainty whether they like it or not..... Man is a deterministic device thrown into a probabilistic Universe. In this match, surprises are expected
Amos_Tversky
Representation of a game in game theory
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Normal-form_game
Economic model
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Cournot_competition
Quality of a strategy in game theory
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Strategic_dominance
Variation of minimax game tree search
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Negamax
Process of reasoning backwards in sequence
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Backward_induction
Zero-sum game where competitions between strategies contain a cycle
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Intransitive_game
time. Another example is to build excess production capacity as a commitment device. Due to the often ambiguous nature of cost in production, it may be
Limit_price
Type of signaling game
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Lewis_signaling_game
Complete plan on how a game player will behave in every possible game situation
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Strategy_(game_theory)
Aspect of game theory
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Self-confirming_equilibrium
Study of strategic decision making
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Mean-field_game_theory
Military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons
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Deterrence_theory
Mathematical game
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Guess_2/3_of_the_average
Concept in conflict studies
management Friedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation Escalation of commitment Stability–instability paradox Brams, Steven J.; Kilgour, D. Marc (1987)
Conflict_escalation
Simultaneous game found in game theory
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Coordination_game
Game theory concept
"Defense and security planning under resource uncertainty and multi-period commitments". Naval Research Logistics. 69 (7): 1009–1026. doi:10.1002/nav.22071
Bayesian_game
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Contingent_cooperator
Facilitating a peaceful outcome to a dispute
in health. Collaborating may be the best solution when consensus and commitment of other parties is important; when the conflict occurs in a collaborative
Conflict_resolution
When a decision-maker's future preferences can contradict earlier preferences
subgame imperfect. In this context, the inconsistency is primarily about commitment and credible threats. This manifests itself through a violation of Bellman's
Dynamic_inconsistency
Statement that players know and also know that other players know (ad infinitum)
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Common_knowledge_(logic)
Cooperation between firms to limit competition
including Apple and Samsung, to be the default search engine on their devices. Another lawsuit filed by nearly 40 attorneys general on Dec. 17, 2020
Collusion
Strategy which only depends on the current state of a game
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Markov_strategy
Preference of known risks to unknown risks
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Ambiguity_aversion
Concept in game theory
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Incentive_compatibility
Trigger strategy
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Grim_trigger
Concept in game theory
not be in his best interest to do so. A threat, and its counterpart – a commitment, are both defined by American economist and Nobel prize winner, T.C. Schelling
Non-credible_threat
Evolution and neuroscience of romantic love
variety of explanations for romantic love. Romantic love is a powerful commitment device. Romantic love suppresses the search for alternative mates (even irrationally
Biology_of_romantic_love
Level of information in economics and game theory
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Complete_information
Resource distribution game
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Blotto_game
Game illustrating paradox in rational choice theory
average).[citation needed] All-pay auction Bidding fee auction Escalation of commitment Tragedy of the commons War of attrition (game) Shubik: 1971. Page 109
Dollar_auction
In board games that cannot end in a draw, one of the two players has a winning strategy
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Zermelo's theorem (game theory)
Zermelo's_theorem_(game_theory)
Set in game theory
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Core_(game_theory)
Type of perfect Bayesian equilibrium
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Separating_equilibrium
Dynamical system
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Replicator_equation
Variant of Nash equilibrium in game theory
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Trembling hand perfect equilibrium
Trembling_hand_perfect_equilibrium
Solution concept in Game Theory
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Cursed_equilibrium
Poker game developed by Harold Kuhn
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Kuhn_poker
Solution concept in game theory
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Proper_equilibrium
Experimental economics game
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Public_goods_game
American economist (born 1939)
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Samuel_Bowles_(economist)
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Implementation_theory
Concept in economics and game theory
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Global_game
Neologism for cooperative competition
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Coopetition
Class of games where players choose their actions sequentially
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Sequential_game
COMMITMENT DEVICE
COMMITMENT DEVICE
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Strategy; Idea; Trick; Solution; A Device; Planning
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French engaine ‘ingenuity’, ‘trickery’ (Latin ingenium ‘native wit’). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap.This surname has also assimilated reduced variants of Welsh Gurganus.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Commitment, Pledge, Delegation
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Kent and Sussex)
English (chiefly Kent and Sussex) : occupational name for a designer or engineer, from a Middle English reduced form of Old French engineor ‘contriver’ (a derivative of engaigne ‘cunning’, ‘ingenuity’, ‘stratagem’, ‘device’). Engineers in the Middle Ages were primarily designers and builders of military machines, although in peacetime they might turn their hands to architecture and other more pacific functions.German : from the Latin personal name Januarius (see January 1). Jänner is a South German word for ‘January’, and so it is possible that this is one of the surnames acquired from words denoting months of the year, for example by converts who had been baptized in that month, people who were born or baptized in that month, or people whose taxes were due in January.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Commitment; Pledge; Delegation
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a player of a musical instrument (any musical instrument, not necessarily what is now known as an organ), from Middle English organ (Old French organe, Late Latin organum ‘device’, ‘(musical) instrument’, Greek organon ‘tool’, from ergein ‘to work or do’).English : from a rare medieval personal name, attested only in the Latinized forms Organus (masculine) and Organa (feminine). Its etymology is obscure; it may be a reworking of a Celtic name.French : habitational name from a place in the Hautes Pyrénées named Organ.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a place name in Berkshire originally called Windels-ora, WINDSOR means "landing place with a windlass." [note: windlass. naut. a device used for winding ropes.]Â
Surname or Lastname
English (southwest and South Wales)
English (southwest and South Wales) : metonymic nickname for a cunning or crafty person, from Middle English trick ‘strategem’, ‘device’ (from a Norman form of Old French triche).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire near Bridlington, so named from Old English hearpe ‘harp’ (the instrument or the device used for purifying sea salt) + hÄm ‘homestead’.
COMMITMENT DEVICE
COMMITMENT DEVICE
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Everyday
Boy/Male
Tamil
One who gives pleasure, Happy
Girl/Female
Arabic
Beautiful Woman
Girl/Female
Tamil
The earth, Stable
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Flowing
Boy/Male
Indian
Fruitful, Productive
Boy/Male
Indian
Royal Boy
Girl/Female
Tamil
Female
Italian
Italian diminutive form of Latin Viola, VIOLETTA means "violet color" or "violet flower."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Friend of Allah
COMMITMENT DEVICE
COMMITMENT DEVICE
COMMITMENT DEVICE
COMMITMENT DEVICE
COMMITMENT DEVICE
n.
The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.
n.
A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
n.
One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.
n.
Alt. of Recommittal
n.
The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.
n.
The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.
n.
The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
n.
A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
n.
A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.
n.
The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
n.
A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
a.
Full of devices; inventive.
adv.
In a deviceful manner.
n.
A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
n.
The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
n.
Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
n.
Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.
n.
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
n.
A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors.
n.
A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison.