The entry and mixed-equilibrium games were run in four experimental sessions of twelve subjects each. Each game was played (with no feedback) against a random opponent in the same session and earnings accumulated. Two sessions used undergra…Rapoport, Amnon, and Richard B. Boebel, “Mixed Strategies in Strictly Competitive Games: A Further Test of the Minimax Hypothesis,” Games and Economic Behavior, IV (1992), 261–283.
Rapoport, Amnon, and Darryl A. Seale, “Coordination Succes…
Barry Sopher
economist · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Barry Sopher appears primarily as an experimental economist studying game theory and strategic behavior in laboratory settings. The excerpts suggest his work tests theoretical predictions about mixed-strategy equilibria and competitive games through controlled experiments with human subjects, contributing empirical data on how actual players deviate from or conform to game-theoretic models. For this seminar, Sopher's work matters insofar as it grounds discussions of rational agency and optimization in the messy reality of human decision-making—a crucial corrective when theorizing AI systems and their interaction with human actors.
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