Definition:Non-Cooperative Game
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Definition
A non-cooperative game is a game in which the players cannot form coalitions outside the game.
Hence each player is concerned only with his / her own fortunes.
Also known as
Some sources omit the hyphen: noncooperative game.
Also see
Sources
- 1951: John Forbes Nash: Non-Cooperative Games (Ann. Math. Vol. 54: pp. 286 – 295)
- 1956: Steven Vajda: The Theory of Games and Linear Programming ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{I}$: An Outline of the Theory of Games: $2$
- 1994: Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein: A Course in Game Theory ... (previous) ... (next): $1.2$: Games and Solutions