On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Daniel Chenault <[email protected]> wrote: > Very much applicable to any problem-solving task. The name "game theory" > does not indicate a winning strategy for Call of Duty though it can be used > for > that. For an intro google "the prisoner's dilemma." There are many good books > out there that go into much more detail.
I'm familiar with the prisoner's dilemma (the thing where if one prisoner rats out the other, the rat goes free and the other gets double the punishment, but if they both rat out each other, they both double their punishment, right?), but I don't get how it's applicable here. Not saying it doesn't apply, just that I don't get it. Do you have a suggestion on a book/site that could clue me in on how this stuff applies to problem-solving? I can Google "game theory" but knowing the, well, theory of game theory isn't the same as knowing how it applies. -- Ben
