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On the Convergence of Fictitious Play

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  • Vijay Krishna

    (Penn State University)

  • Tomas Sjostrom

    (Harvard University)

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We study the continuous time Brown-Robinson fictitious play process f or non-zero sum games. We show that, in general, fictitious play cannot converg e cyclically to a mixed strategy equilibrium in which both players use more tha n two pure strategies.

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  • Vijay Krishna & Tomas Sjostrom, 1995. "On the Convergence of Fictitious Play," Game Theory and Information 9503003, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Monderer, Dov & Samet, Dov & Sela, Aner, 1997. "Belief Affirming in Learning Processes," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 73(2), pages 438-452, April.
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    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
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