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Playing games with bounded entropy

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  • Valizadeh, Mehrdad
  • Gohari, Amin

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We study zero-sum repeated games in which the maximizer (player or team) is restricted to strategies with limited randomness. Particularly, we analyze the maxmin payoff of the maximizer in two models: the first model forces the maximizer to randomize her actions just by conditioning them to the outcomes of an observed random source. In the second model, the maximizer is a team of players who are free to privately randomize their corresponding actions but do not have access to any explicit source of shared randomness needed for coordination. While prior works adopted the method of types to address these problems, we use the idea of random hashing being the core of randomness extractors. In addition, we use a tool for simulation of a source from another source. Utilizing these tools, we simplify and generalize the earlier results. We also study the computational aspects of the solution for the first model.

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  • Valizadeh, Mehrdad & Gohari, Amin, 2019. "Playing games with bounded entropy," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 363-380.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:gamebe:v:115:y:2019:i:c:p:363-380
    DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2019.03.013
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    Keywords

    Repeated games; Bounded entropy; Randomness extraction; Source simulation; Entropy minimization; Information theory;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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