This entry in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edi-tion, provides a brief overview of equilibrium existence results for continuous and discontinuous non-cooperative games. JEL Classi…cation Number: C7 1.

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With this paper we offer a game-theoretic perspective for the all-pervasive matching problem in computer vision. Specifically, we formulate the matching problem as a (population) non-cooperative game where the potential associations between the items to be matched correspond to (pure) strategies

2. Basic notions 2.1. Extensive form games. 2.2. Strategic form games. 3. Solution concepts for non-cooperative game theory.

We propose a bargaining process as a way of playing and solving non cooperative games. We focus on social dilemma situations and show that sequential proposals which, if confirmed by players, determine real play, may give rise to equilibrium outcomes which differ from the standard non cooperative

economics and strategy competitive advantage formal models methods/methodology Definition: Cooperative game theory focuses on how much players can appropriate given the value each coalition of player can create, while non-cooperative game theory focuses on which moves players should rationally make

We propose a bargaining process with alternating proposals as a way of solving non-cooperative games, giving rise to Pareto efficient agreements which will, in general, differ from the Nash equilibrium of the constituent games. JEL classification: C72; C73; C78.

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transformations that depend on other players ’ strategies preserve players ’ preferences over their own strategies, and so most standard non-cooperative solution concepts. Quantal responses and evolutionary dynamics are also considered briefly. Classical concepts of ordinal and cardinal non-comparable utility