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GAME THEORY [8 records]

Record 1 2017-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Labour Disputes
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

In recent years, managers have taken over from game theory the notion that decision-making events can be one of two types : the win-lose situation(or zero-sum game) or the win-win situation in which everybody in the action comes out ahead.

CONT

The mediator can help the parties themselves find a solution that can often result in a "win-win" situation, where everyone is satisfied with the result.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Conflits du travail
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

Les gestionnaires mettent certainement en œuvre de nombreux autres moyens pour transformer des situations humaines où l'un gagne et l'autre perd en des situations où les deux antagonistes gagnent.

CONT

Le Royaume-Uni devient l'autorité compétente pour Gibraltar. Bruxelles est débarrassé d'un sérieux problème. Et Madrid, qui refuse de reconnaître les autorités locales, est soulagé. Peter Caruana, le ministre de Gibraltar a résumé l'accord par cette formule : «ni vainqueur ni vaincu».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Corporate Management (General)
OBS

In the absence of reliable information about probability distributions, it will sometimes prove useful to apply game theory techniques in evaluating alternative public sector projects. One such approach... is the minimax-regret criteria, that is, minimizing the maximum regret or loss that might occur.

OBS

... subtract actual pay-off ... from the potential pay-off (the amount that could have been obtained had nature’s strategy been known in advance). This difference is taken to measure "regret".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
OBS

[...] critère [de choix consistant] [...] à appliquer le minimax au «regret», défini comme la différence entre le résultat obtenu et celui qu'on aurait pu obtenir, si l'on avait connu l'avenir et donc pris la meilleure décision.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

Intricately carved tokens from a nearly 5, 000-year old board game have been unearthed in southeast Turkey... The 49 found pieces may be the oldest gaming tokens ever recovered, and they should help to back the current theory that board games originated in the Middle East over five millennia ago.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Chacune des pièces au jeu de dames, et à divers autres jeux.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

In the absence of reliable information about probability distributions, it will sometimes prove useful to apply game theory techniques in evaluating alternative public sector projects. One such approach or technique is the maximin strategy, which refers to "maximizing the minimum". This approach to evaluating outcomes is an extremely conservative one that implicitly assumes that the worst possible outcomes always occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

Le critère maximin. Il s'agit en fait de choisir le gain minimal qui est le plus élevé. Ce critère est pessimiste et convient aux gens prudents et conservateurs.

Key term(s)
  • critère de Wald

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Proceso de adopción de decisiones
DEF

Criterio de decisión que se fija en el mínimo o peor resultado posible de cada opción, y para maximizar la utilidad elige el máximo de los mínimos.

OBS

Es característico de pesimistas y adversos al riesgo, por contraposición al maximax.

OBS

criterio maximin: término, definición y observación extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 5 1998-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management
  • Management Theory
  • International Relations
OBS

The theory of games of strategy can briefly be characterized as the application of mathematical analysis to abstract modes of conflict situations.

OBS

Game theory is used in or closely connected to areas such as linear programming, statistical decisions, management science, operations research, and military planning.

Key term(s)
  • games of strategy
  • games theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
  • Théories de la gestion
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Théorie de la recherche opérationnelle qui consiste à analyser les situations de conflits à l'aide de modèles mathématiques, de méthodes statistiques ou de simulations.

OBS

La théorie des jeux est, parmi les techniques de la recherche opérationnelle, celle qui s'occupe spécialement des situations dans lesquelles plusieurs personnes ont à prendre des décisions dont dépend un résultat qui les concerne. Il en est souvent ainsi dans les problèmes économiques, politiques, diplomatiques, militaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Investigación y gestión operacionales
  • Teorías de la gestión
  • Relaciones internacionales
CONT

Uno de los campos de las relaciones internacionales en los que mayor aplicación ha tenido la teoría de los juegos es el de la teoría de los conflictos, entendida en sentido amplio.

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Record 6 1994-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
CONT

The incorporation of many aspects of the overlay theory into WUSOR-II(Carr, 1977) represents a definite move toward a learned-oriented tutor, both for the student model and for the representation of expertise. Whereas the student's knowledge is a real overlay model her learning preferences are only represented by a set of three registers indicating her need for repetition, her degree of forgetfulness, and her receptivity to advice. As a form of curriculum, the representation of game expertise is now organized into five successive phases, ranging from basic rules of the game to logical and finally to probabilistic rules. The coach will not proceed to the next phase before the student has mastered certain fundamental skills in the current one. This is an important departure from the unsegmented rule-based approach, since the domain knowledge while still exclusively representing expertise, is structured so as to reflect the standpoint of the learner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
DEF

Didacticiel IA orienté apprenant, caractérisé par un guidage discret de celui-ci.

OBS

Désigne aussi le module pédagogique d'un tel didacticiel. Voir tuteur directif.

Spanish

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Record 7 1989-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

In game theory, a concept concerned with the maximum of the row minima. Another way of expressing it is to say that red must make as great as possible the least gain to which blue can limit him. Also called MM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Voir minimax ou minmax, négmax ou négamax, delta-min, etc.

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Theory
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
CONT

Restricting attention to credible threats is, like the Nash equilibrium itself, an idea that has emerged in several places. In macroeconomics, the concept is referred to as dynamic consistency, and, in game theory, it is referred to as subgame perfection.

Key term(s)
  • dynamic consistency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories de la gestion
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)

Spanish

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