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 Prisoner's Dilemma
Puzzles with this structure were devised and discussed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in 1950, as part of the Rand Corporation's investigations into game theory (which Rand pursued because of possible applications to global nuclear strategy).
Flood and Dresher's interest in their dilemma seems to have stemmed from their view that it provided a counterexample to the claim that the nash equilibria of a game constitute its natural "solutions".
Although Flood and Dresher didn't themselves rush to publicize their ideas in external journal articles, the puzzle attracted widespread attention in a variety of disciplines.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/prisoner-dilemma

  
 GameTheory [encyclopedia]
The paradox was originally formulated by Melvin Dresher and Merrill Flood of the RAND Corporation, and was give its name by Albert W. Tucker.
In its simplest form, two prisoners are each given exactly the same information: there is enough evidence against each of them to get them sentenced for a gaol term of two years.
This is the name given to an interesting paradox in game theory.
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 Prisoners' Dilemma, by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and Liberty
The concept of the prisoners' dilemma was developed by Rand Corporation scientists Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher and was formalized by a Princeton mathematician, Albert W. Tucker.
But when both confess, the outcome is worse for both than when both keep silent.
The prisoners' dilemma has applications to economics and business.
www.econlib.org /library/Enc/PrisonersDilemma.html

  
 The Prisoner's Dilemma
Puzzles with this structure were devised and discussed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in 1950, as part of the Rand Corporation’s investigations into game theory (which Rand pursued because of possible applications to global nuclear strategy).
The origin of the game is attributed to Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher.
The title "prisoner’s dilemma" and the version with prison sentences as payoffs are due to Albert Tucker, who wanted to make Flood and Dresher’s ideas more accessible to an audience of Stanford psychologists.
www.magnolia.net /~leonf/sd/pd-brf.html   (1289 words)

  
 Prisoner's Dilemma
Puzzles with this structure were devised and discussed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in 1950, as part of the Rand Corporation's investigations into game theory (which Rand pursued because of possible applications to global nuclear strategy).
Flood and Dresher's interest in their dilemma seems to have stemmed from their view that it provided a counterexample to the claim that the nash equilibria of a game constitute its natural "solutions".
Although Flood and Dresher didn't themselves rush to publicize their ideas in external journal articles, the puzzle attracted widespread attention in a variety of disciplines.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/prisoner-dilemma   (1289 words)

  
 Dresher, M., Shapley, L.S., Tucker, A.W., eds.: Advances in Game Theory. (AM-52).
Edited by Melvin Dresher, Lloyd S. Shapley and Albert William Tucker
Dresher, M., Shapley, L.S., Tucker, A.W., eds.: Advances in Game Theory.
pup.princeton.edu /titles/2399.html   (94 words)

  
 The Prisoner's Dilemma
Puzzles with this structure were devised and discussed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in 1950, as part of the Rand Corporation’s investigations into game theory (which Rand pursued because of possible applications to global nuclear strategy).
The title "prisoner’s dilemma" and the version with prison sentences as payoffs are due to Albert Tucker, who wanted to make Flood and Dresher’s ideas more accessible to an audience of Stanford psychologists.
The Prisoner's Dilemma is a short parable about two prisoners who are individually offered a chance to rat on each other for which the "ratter" would receive a lighter sentence and the "rattee" would receive a harsher sentence.
perspicuity.net /sd/pd-brf.html   (94 words)

  
 Prisoners' Dilemma, by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and Liberty
The concept of the prisoners' dilemma was developed by Rand Corporation scientists Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher and was formalized by a Princeton mathematician, Albert W. Tucker.
Call the former cheating, and the latter cooperation.
If the other keeps silent, then one can obtain the favorable treatment accorded a state's witness by confessing.
www.econlib.org /library/Enc/PrisonersDilemma.html   (1044 words)

  
 Prisoners' Dilemma, by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and Liberty
The concept of the prisoners' dilemma was developed by Rand Corporation scientists Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher and was formalized by a Princeton mathematician, Albert W. Tucker.
Prisoners' Dilemma, by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and Liberty
On a superficial level the prisoners' dilemma appears to run counter to Adam Smith's idea of the invisible hand.
www.econlib.org /library/Enc/PrisonersDilemma.html   (1044 words)

  
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Melvin Dresher, Lloyd S. Shapley, Albert William Tucker
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 Prisoner's Dilemma
Puzzles with this structure were devised and discussed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in 1950, as part of the Rand Corporation's investigations into game theory (which Rand pursued because of possible applications to global nuclear strategy).
Success against strategies concocted in the ivory tower may not imply success against all those that might be found in nature.
The predominant view seems to be that, when imperfection is inevitable, successful strategies will have to be more forgiving of defections by their opponents (since those defections might well be unintended).
plato.stanford.edu /entries/prisoner-dilemma   (1044 words)

  
 Honor Among Thieves, the Prisoner's Dilemma: An Excerpt from Poundstone's 'Prisoner's Dilemma'
Of the practical dilemmas in Flood's paper, by far the most important was the third, dubbed "A Non-cooperative Pair." The first scientific discussion of a prisoner's dilemma, this part of the paper describes an experiment done in January 1950 in collaboration with RAND colleague Melvin Dresher.
Even among the law-abiding, most transactions are potential prisoner's dilemmas.
Honor Among Thieves, the Prisoner's Dilemma: An Excerpt from Poundstone's 'Prisoner's Dilemma'
www.heretical.com /pound/pd.html   (913 words)

  
 Honor Among Thieves, the Prisoner's Dilemma: An Excerpt from Poundstone's 'Prisoner's Dilemma'
Of the practical dilemmas in Flood's paper, by far the most important was the third, dubbed "A Non-cooperative Pair." The first scientific discussion of a prisoner's dilemma, this part of the paper describes an experiment done in January 1950 in collaboration with RAND colleague Melvin Dresher.
Honor Among Thieves, the Prisoner's Dilemma: An Excerpt from Poundstone's 'Prisoner's Dilemma'
Here the dilemma is particularly easy to appreciate.
www.heretical.com /games/pd.html   (913 words)

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