Published February 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum mechanics gives stability to a Nash equilibrium

  • 1. Electronics Department, Quaid-j-Azam University, Islamabad (Pakistan)

Description

We consider a slightly modified version of the rock-scissors-paper (RSP) game from the point of view of evolutionary stability. In its classical version the game has a mixed Nash equilibrium (NE) not stable against mutants appearing in small numbers. We find a quantized version of the RSP game for which the classical mixed NE becomes stable

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 022306-022306.5
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36027560
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EQUILIBRIUM; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STABILITY
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; STATISTICS

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society