Games of economic survival
β Scribed by Martin Shubik; Gerald L. Thompson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1959
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 687 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-069X
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## Abstract The games of economic survival introduced by Shubik and Thompson seem tailorβmade for the analysis of some problems in insurance and have found many applications in this industry. The optimal strategy in such games may be a soβcalled βband strategy.β This result seems counterβintuitive
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