2) Consider a general version of the above game with N players from Hawkins, Indiana, each of who...
13. Consider the following n-player game. Simultaneously and independently, the players each select either X, Y, or Z. The payoffs are defined as follows. Each player who selects X obtains a payoff equal to y, where y is the num- ber of players who select Z. Each player who selects Y obtains a payoff of 2a, where a is the number of players who select X. Each player who selects Z obtains a payoff of 3B, where ß is the...
Consider a game between a police officer (player 3) and two drivers (players 1 and 2). Player 1 lives and drives in Wynwood, whereas player 2 lives and drives in Sweetwater. On a given day, players 1 and 2 each have to decide whether or not to use their cell phones while driving. They are not friends, so they will not be calling each other. Thus, whether player 1 uses a cell phone is independent of whether player 2 uses...
1. NIM game. This is a different version or easier version of NIM game Consider a pile of 5 matchsticks. Two people take turns removing 1 or 2 sticks each time from this pile. Suppose both players play smartly (nobody plays a fool move trying to let the opponent wins. But there is only one winner anyway) a)If the person getting the last stick wins, will the first player win? Why? Show the steps the first and second player will...
. (15 pts) Consider milti- r a multi-player zame over the Internet where N players attempt to shoot a monster rrain) in a random fashion as controlled by a game server. The agent program at each player site maintains a variable that indlicates who shot the monster. The variable at ith player site, denoted as tes," is set to j if lhe İth player believes that jth player shot the monster. Here, the display at player i shows a scoreboard...
IDENTIFICATION each of the following Instructions: Write the word or group of words that identify each of the fol statements. mited liability excepi 1. A partnership wherein all the partners have limited liability for at least one general partner 2. The contribution of an industrial partner. 3. A partner who contributes money, property, and industry. 4. A characteristic of a partnership wherein any partner can act in behalf of the partnership as long as these acts are within the scope...
Problem Statement: A company intends to offer various versions of roulette game and it wants you to develop a customized object-oriented software solution. This company plans to offer one version 100A now (similar to the simple version in project 2 so refer to it for basic requirements, but it allows multiple players and multiple games) and it is planning to add several more versions in the future. Each game has a minimum and maximum bet and it shall be able...
1. Consider the coupon game. But suppose that instead of
decisions being made simultaneously, they are made sequentially,
with Firm 1 choosing first, and its choice observed by Firm 2
before Firm 2 makes its choice.
a. Draw a game tree representing this game.
b. Use backward induction to find the solution. (Remember that
your solution should include both firms’ strategies, and that Firm
2’s strategy should be complete!)
2. Two duopolists produce a homogeneous product, and each has a...
Problem 2.(20 points) Consider the following game: In the first step, Alice has two $10 bills and can take one of the following two actions: (i) she can give S20 to Bob or (ii) she can give one of the S10 bills to Bob. All the money will be used to buy popcorns before the movie they will see. Each one dollar of popcorn gives one unit of payoff for the player who buys it. In the second step, they...
Problem 2.(20 points) Consider the following game: In the first step, Alice has two $10 bills and can take one of the following two actions: (i) she can give S20 to Bob or (ii) she can give one of the S10 bills to Bob. All the money will be used to buy popcorns before the movie they will see. Each one dollar of popcorn gives one unit of payoff for the player who buys it. In the second step, they...
Read about Cokes strategy in Africa in the article below and discuss the ethics of selling soft drinks to very poor people. Is this an issue that a company like Coke should consider? Africa: Coke's Last Frontier Sales are flat in developed countries. For Coke to keep growing, Africa is it By Duane Stanford Piles of trash are burning outside the Mamakamau Shop in Uthiru, a suburb of Nairobi, Kenya. Sewage trickles by in an open trench. Across the street,...