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      • Game theory sees all actions as part of a game in which each individual is out to "win." Prisoner's Dilemma is a particularly renowned example used by game theorists to understand social behavior. When playing Prisoner's Dilemma repeatedly, people are motivated to play nice. When playing Prisoner's Dilemma once, they are not.
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  1. The game theory situation facing the two prisoners is shown in Table 1. To understand the dilemma, first consider the choices from Prisoner A’s point of view. If A believes that B will confess, then A ought to confess, too, so as to not get stuck with the eight years in prison.

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  3. "Cooperate" and "defect" are the words you usually hear in regards to game theory. In this game, "confess" would be "defect" and "deny" would be "cooperate", as the game is between the two criminals (players). So if you "deny" the crime, you are cooperating with your accomplice.

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  4. The prisoner's dilemma is a game theory thought experiment that involves two rational agents, each of whom can cooperate for mutual benefit or betray their partner ("defect") for individual reward.

  5. Jun 16, 2024 · The prisoner's dilemma is one of the most well-known concepts in modern game theory . The prisoner’s dilemma presents a situation where two parties, separated and unable to communicate, must...

  6. Jul 31, 2024 · Game theory - Prisoners' Dilemma, Strategy, Economics: To illustrate the kinds of difficulties that arise in two-person noncooperative variable-sum games, consider the celebrated prisoner’s dilemma (PD), originally formulated by the American mathematician Albert W. Tucker.

  7. Aug 19, 2021 · Definition. A prisoner’s dilemma game is a noncooperative game in which each of the (in the standard case two) players has an incentive to choose the noncooperative strategy (e.g., not to contribute to a public good) even though both players would become better off by choosing the cooperative strategy (e.g., to contribute).

  8. Jan 1, 2016 · The Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD) is probably the most famous two-person game in which a fundamental divergence between individual and collective rationalities arises: If the agents play noncooperatively, an equilibrium is achieved which, however, does not constitute the best available solution.