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Is risk-taking a zero-sum game?

I learnt that trading is a zero-sum game since profits take out losses while holding your assets may not always be a zero-sum game when time passes and everybody's assets theoretically can grow in ...
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How to calculate Team Strength for future prediction?

You are given with $4$ players name, namely Player $A$, Player $B$, Player $C$ and Player $D$. These players are grouped into two teams with two players each. A Game is played between the two team.For ...
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Game Theory: determining the value of the foxhole game

"A soldier can hide in one of five foxholes, and a gunner can hide in four spots: A, B C, and D. The configuration looks like this: 1 (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5. If a shot is fired at a location and the ...
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Game theory: Nash equilibrium in asymetric payoff matrix

I have a utility function describing the desirability of an outcome state. I weigh the expected utility with the probability of the outcome state occuring. I find the expected utility of an action, a, ...
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On a zero-sum game betting market

I'm trying to come up with the rules for a betting game. My problem is to figure out under what constraints that game has zero-sum game properties: in other words, I want to make sure that no money is ...
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proof using (fixed point theorem)

I am seeking to solve for a Nash equilibrium in pure strategies $(d_2,d_2)$ involving two players, $1$ and $2$. Given that $h'(.)$ is s strictly decreasing and continuous function, $\Phi(d_1-d_2)$ ...
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Given a victory condition and a set strategy, what are the chances of winning on a given turn in a game of Magic: The Gathering?

Tl;DR: You have winning cards. To win, you must be able to play those cards, and have them in your hand. Your hand is randomly drawn. When might you win? How could find the answer to this (very ...
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How to find a flat using game theory?

I had the idea that maybe probability/game theory knowledge helps finding a flat more systematically. I assume that I have some online offers with number parameters: prize size (square meters) ...