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Concept in auction theory
auction theory, particularly Bayesian-optimal mechanism design, a virtual valuation of an agent is a function that measures the surplus that can be extracted
Virtual_valuation
are regular, the virtual valuations are monotone in the real valuations, which implies that the transformation to virtual valuations is incentive compatible
Regular distribution (economics)
Regular_distribution_(economics)
Paper-and-pencil game for two players
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Tic-tac-toe
virtual valuation is usually smaller than the actual valuation. It is even possible that the virtual valuation be negative while the actual valuation
Bayesian-optimal_mechanism
Logical paradox in decision-making theory
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Paradox_of_tolerance
Solution concept of a non-cooperative game
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Nash_equilibrium
Search algorithm
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Alpha–beta_pruning
Standard example in game theory
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Prisoner's_dilemma
Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
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Daniel_Kahneman
Overuse of a shared resource
Castronova, Edward (2002). "On Virtual Economies". SSRN. doi:10.2139/ssrn.338500. S2CID 263755316. "Managing the virtual commons: Cooperation and conflict
Tragedy_of_the_commons
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
von Neumann developing them as needed. He also developed a theory of valuations in lattices, and shared in developing the general theory of metric lattices
John_von_Neumann
Mathematical models of strategic interactions
characteristics of their opponents. Negotiators may be unaware of their opponent's valuation of the object of negotiation, companies may be unaware of their opponent's
Game_theory
Decision rule used for minimizing the possible loss for a worst-case scenario
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Minimax
Diplomatic policy of concessions
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Appeasement
Proof all ranked voting rules have spoilers
Similar techniques are often discussed in the context of contingent valuation. In addition to the above practical resolutions, there exist unusual
Arrow's_impossibility_theorem
Political model of international conflict resolution
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Two-level_game_theory
Variation of minimax game tree search
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Negamax
Concept in game theory
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Focal_point_(game_theory)
Hand game for two players or more
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Rock_paper_scissors
Model of conflict for two players in game theory
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Chicken_(game)
Concept in game theory
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Shapley_value
Finding an optimal algorithm for playing chess
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Solving_chess
Model of humans as rational, self-interested agents
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Homo_economicus
English saying meaning "equivalent retaliation"
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Tit_for_tat
Field of economics and game theory
best the seller can do. This is the case if The buyers have identical valuation functions (which may be a function of type) The buyers' types are independently
Mechanism_design
Israeli psychologist (1937–1996)
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Amos_Tversky
Game whose outcome can be correctly predicted
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Solved_game
Situation where all parties are worse off
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No-win_situation
Weakly optimal allocation of resources
Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510268-0.. Gerard, Debreu (1959). "Valuation Equilibrium and Pareto Optimum". Proceedings of the National Academy of
Pareto_efficiency
Making of satisfactory, not optimal, decisions
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Bounded_rationality
Problem in process of sharing surplus
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Cooperative_bargaining
Condition in economics and game theory
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Perfect_information
Pairing where no unchosen pair prefers each other over their choice
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Stable_matching_problem
Decrease in severity of conflicts
personal (such as social workers). Head-mounted virtual reality systems like Apex Officer's Virtual Reality Training (introduced to the International
De-escalation
Branch of game theory about two-player sequential games with perfect information
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Combinatorial_game_theory
Game in economic experiments
Laura; Davide Dragone; Giuseppe di Pellegrino (2009). "Reward and Social Valuation Deficits following Ventromedial Prefrontal Damage". Journal of Cognitive
Ultimatum_game
Situation where total gains match total losses
occurs, demand increases, output increases, companies grow, and company valuations increase, leading to value creation and wealth addition in the market
Zero-sum_game
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)
Subset of a game; used in game theory
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Subgame
Two-player coordination game in game theory
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Battle of the sexes (game theory)
Battle_of_the_sexes_(game_theory)
Conflict between safety and cooperation
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Stag_hunt
Facilitating a peaceful outcome to a dispute
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Conflict_resolution
Hand game for two or more players
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Chopsticks_(hand_game)
Military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons
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Deterrence_theory
Complete plan on how a game player will behave in every possible game situation
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Strategy_(game_theory)
Economic model
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Stackelberg_competition
Human behavior pattern in which the participant takes on increasing risk
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Escalation_of_commitment
Israeli-American mathematician (born 1930)
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Robert_Aumann
Economic phenomenon
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Tyranny_of_small_decisions
Problem of sharing resources
result of legal debates by rabbis rather than divisions according to the valuations of the claimants. According to the subjective theory of value, there cannot
Fair_division
Solution concept in Game Theory
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Bayes_correlated_equilibrium
Experimental tool
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Dictator_game
Field in social science
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Peace_and_conflict_studies
Game theory concept
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Bayesian_game
Simple mathematical game
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Pirate_game
Type of stable matching problem
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Stable_roommates_problem
Game theory concept
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Subgame_perfect_equilibrium
Concept in conflict studies
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Conflict_escalation
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List_of_games_in_game_theory
Quality of a strategy in game theory
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Strategic_dominance
Game theory scenario
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Win–win_game
Game theory model of aggression
a different value to the object. We assume that both players know the valuation of the other player. Thus, the game is a complete information game. The
War_of_attrition_(game)
Mathematical game
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Guess_2/3_of_the_average
Notion in combinatorial game theory
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Game_complexity
Game illustrating paradox in rational choice theory
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Dollar_auction
Solution concept in game theory
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Evolutionarily stable strategy
Evolutionarily_stable_strategy
Variant of Nash equilibrium in game theory
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Trembling hand perfect equilibrium
Trembling_hand_perfect_equilibrium
Trigger strategy
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Grim_trigger
Concept in game theory
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Non-credible_threat
Principle in economics and game theory
Game(Mech). i.e. Mech' asks the players to report their valuations. Based on the reported valuations, Mech' calculates, for each player, his equilibrium strategy
Revelation_principle
Type of perfect Bayesian equilibrium
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Separating_equilibrium
Concept in game theory
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Incentive_compatibility
Auction in which every bidder pays
Each bidder submits a bid, which only depends on their valuation. Bidders do not know the valuations of other bidders. The analysis is based on an independent
All-pay_auction
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Conjectural_variation
Level of information in economics and game theory
example is an auction: each player knows their own utility function (valuation for the item), but does not know the utility function of the other players
Complete_information
Tendency to overestimate in auctions
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Winner's_curse
Operational analysis derived from game theory
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Confrontation_analysis
Economic model
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Cournot_competition
) = 0 {\displaystyle w(p^{*})=0} where w {\displaystyle w} is the virtual valuation of the agent. So in this case, BO pricing is equivalent to the Bayesian-optimal
Bayesian-optimal_pricing
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Fictitious_play
Combinatorial game theory theorem
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Sprague–Grundy_theorem
Concept in game theory
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Best_response
Resource distribution game
generalized versions of the game such as when Colonel Blotto have differing valuations of the battlefields, when their resources have differing effectiveness
Blotto_game
Simultaneous game found in game theory
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Coordination_game
Study of strategic decision making
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Mean-field_game_theory
Solution concept in game theory
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Rationalizable_strategy
Representation of a game in game theory
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Normal-form_game
Game where groups of players may enforce cooperative behaviour
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Cooperative_game_theory
Academic discipline
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Quantum_game_theory
Non-zero-sum game thought experiment
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Traveler's_dilemma
Concept in game theory
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Information_set_(game_theory)
Application of game theory to evolving populations in biology
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Evolutionary_game_theory
Theorem in game theory
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Aumann's_agreement_theorem
Game-theoretic concept
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Cheap_talk
American economist
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David_K._Levine
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Outcome_(game_theory)
Economic model of competition
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Bertrand_competition
Paradox of combining strategies
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Parrondo's_paradox
Class of games where players choose their actions sequentially
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Sequential_game
Concept in mechanism design
There are n {\displaystyle n} agents which have different valuations for each outcome. The valuation of agent i {\displaystyle i} is represented as a function:
Strategyproofness
VIRTUAL VALUATION
VIRTUAL VALUATION
Boy/Male
Tamil
Virtues
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Lord Vishnu
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname from Middle English, Old French vertu ‘moral worth’; ‘goodness’ (Latin virtus ‘manliness’, ‘valor’, ‘worth’). This may have been bestowed on a good or pious person, it may alternatively have been a sarcastic nickname for a prig, or it may have been borne by someone who had played the part of Virtue in a medieval mystery play.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Vishnu, Fortune giver
Girl/Female
Australian, Jamaican
Virtuous; Strength
Girl/Female
Hindu
Lord Vishnu, Fortune giver
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit
Priceless; Natural; Deep Thinker
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Bravery
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Protector of the Brave
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lively
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Extensive; King
Boy/Male
Hindu
Priceless, Precious
Boy/Male
Indian, Modern
Incomparable
Boy/Male
Indian
Feeling, Virtual
Boy/Male
Tamil
Feeling, Virtual
Boy/Male
Indian
Name of Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
British, English, French, German, Latin
Lively
Girl/Female
Latin
Virtue.
Girl/Female
Indian
Virtues
Boy/Male
Sikh
Heroic protector, Protector of the brave
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Biblical
destroying; wearing out
Boy/Male
Tamil
Venumadhav | வேநà¯à®®à®¾à®¤à®µ
Sum of the Vedas
Girl/Female
Hindu
Night, Flower
Girl/Female
Tamil
Male
Russian
(Филат) Pet form of Russian Feofilakt, FILAT means "God-guard."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Murugan
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Whose Prayer is Answered
Boy/Male
Biblical
Roof, covering.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire) : from an Old English personal name, Merewine, Merefinn, or MÇ£rwynn (see Marvin).The first Murfins in North America were Nottinghamshire Quakers. Robert and Ann Murfin and their daughter Mary sailed from Hull, England, in 1678 on the ship Shield of Stockton and settled at Chesterfield, near Burlington, NJ.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Kiss
VIRTUAL VALUATION
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VIRTUAL VALUATION
n.
Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.
a.
Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
a.
Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.
n.
A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.
v. t.
To victual again.
adv.
In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.
a.
Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Victual
a.
Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
v. t.
To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
n.
A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.
n.
Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.
n.
A vital part; one of the vitals.
v. t.
To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.
a.
Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
a.
Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.
imp. & p. p.
of Victual
n.
Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.