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On the inspection game

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  • Thomas S. Ferguson
  • Costis Melolidakis

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The Inspection Game is a multistage game between a customs inspector and a smuggler, first studied by Melvin Dresher and Michael Maschler in the 1960s. An extension allowing the smuggler to act more than once, treated by Sakaguchi in a special case, is solved. Also, a more natural version of Sakaguchi's problem is solved in the special case where the smuggler may act at each stage. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 45: 327–334, 1998

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  • Thomas S. Ferguson & Costis Melolidakis, 1998. "On the inspection game," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(3), pages 327-334, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navres:v:45:y:1998:i:3:p:327-334
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6750(199804)45:33.0.CO;2-9
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