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Best response

In game theory, the best response is the strategy (or strategies) which produces the most favorable outcome for a player, taking other players' strategies as given. The concept of a best response is central to John Nash's best-known contribution, the Nash equilibrium, the point at which each player in a game has selected the best response (or one of the…

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Best response

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples45
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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related to Correspondence · 11
Best response → Figure, Figures, In Figure, Nash, Note, One, Reaction, Response, So, Stag, The
related to Games with dominated strategies · 9
Best response → Cooperate, Cooperation, Defect, Figure, For, Games, If, Nash, Probability
related to Other (payoff asymmetric) games · 6
Best response → Figure, For, From, Many, The, While
related to Smoothed · 6
Best response → Figure, In, Instead, The, There, These
related to Dynamics · 2
Best response → In, Some
is a · 1
Best response → strategy

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response best game player strategy strategies nash one games correspondences players correspondence probability reaction equilibrium payoff figure choose right play

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Best responseis astrategy0.90text
the game of chickeninstance ofand a mixing Nash somewhere along the diagonal between the other two.Anti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
hawk-dove game in which players score highest when they choose opposite strategiesinstance ofand a mixing Nash somewhere along the diagonal between the other two.Anti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
i.e.instance ofand a mixing Nash somewhere along the diagonal between the other two.Anti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
discoordinateinstance ofand a mixing Nash somewhere along the diagonal between the other two.Anti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
are called anti-coordination gamesinstance ofand a mixing Nash somewhere along the diagonal between the other two.Anti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
the game of chickeninstance ofAnti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
hawk-dove game in which players score highest when they choose opposite strategiesinstance ofAnti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
i.e.instance ofAnti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
discoordinateinstance ofAnti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
are called anti-coordination gamesinstance ofAnti-coordination gamesGames0.80text
Best responserelated to CorrespondenceReaction0.60section

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