Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Item

How do people play against Nash opponents in games which have a mixed strategy equilibrium?

Shachat, Jason
Swarthout, Todd
Citations
Altmetric:
Abstract

We examine experimentally how humans behave when they, unbeknownst to them, play against a computer which implements its part of a mixed strategy Nash equilibrium. We consider two games, one zero-sum and another unprofitable with a pure minimax strategy. A minority of subjects’ play was consistent with their Nash equilibrium strategy. But a larger percentage of subjects’ play was more consistent with different models of play: equiprobable play for the zero-sum game, and the minimax strategy in the non-profitable game.

Comments
To learn more about the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and ExCEN Working Papers Series, visit https://aysps.gsu.edu/ and http://excen.gsu.edu/center/.
Description
Date
2008-03-20
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher