SRA 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Strategic Dominance, Game Theory, Network Theory
11 Apr 2016
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What is it: assessment of the opinions of others, careful determination of whether to accept, reject, or suspend judgment about a claim, or argument. Approach: what: determine this issue and conclusion, why: evaluate the author"s reasons, how: critique for flaws, and errors, what else: develop alternative hypotheses and conclusions. Players try to outguess their opponents by putting themselves in their opponents" position (x and y game) Connection to counter terrorism: game theory seeks to capture the strategic interactions between terrorists and a targeted government, where actions are interdependent. If neither suspect confesses, both go free and split the loot. If both confess, both are convicted (but given a reduced sentence) If one confesses and the other does not, the. Confessor is granted immunity and goes free (and gets all of the loot) for testifying against the. Non-confessor, who is sentenced to a long prison term: rational action does not lead to the best overall outcome.
