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1234:Amos Tversky
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809:Grim trigger
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1501:Coopetition
1304:Jean Tirole
1299:John Conway
1279:Eric Maskin
1075:Blotto game
1060:Pirate game
869:Global game
839:Tit for tat
774:Bid shading
764:Appeasement
614:Equilibrium
594:Solved game
529:Determinacy
512:Definitions
505:game theory
82:Game theory
62:Nationality
1551:Categories
1145:Trust game
1130:Kuhn poker
799:Escalation
794:Deterrence
784:Cheap talk
756:Strategies
574:Preference
503:Topics of
444:Datamation
408:October 9,
318:References
70:Occupation
1329:John Nash
1035:Stag hunt
779:Collusion
119:Biography
111:in 1950 (
1470:Lazy SMP
1164:Theorems
1115:Deadlock
970:Checkers
851:of games
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375:Archived
158:and the
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859:Auction
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440:(PDF)
641:Core
410:2019
208:and
200:Work
167:TIMS
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53:1991
50:Died
45:1908
42:Born
1220:Key
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