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Investigative Techniques > Games, Experimental > Prisoner Dilemma

Preferred term

Prisoner Dilemma  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dilemma, Prisoner's
  • Dilemma, Prisoners
  • Prisoner's Dilemma
  • Prisoners Dilemma

Scope note

  • A scenario in decision analysis in which two individuals motivated entirely by self-preservation at the expense of the other, end up in a worse state than if they had cooperated with each other in the decision-making process.

History note

  • 2016; use GAME THEORY 1985-2015

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000068956

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