Definition:Pure Strategy

Definition

Let $G$ be a game.

A pure strategy for $G$ is single strategy for consecutive plays of $G$ which is used exclusively.

It can be seen that a pure strategy is a special case of a mixed strategy for which the frequencies of all strategies are zero except for one, which is used every time.

Also see

• Definition:Mixed Strategy

• Results about pure strategies can be found here.

Sources

• 1956: Steven Vajda: The Theory of Games and Linear Programming ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{I}$: An Outline of the Theory of Games: $3$
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): game theory
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): pure strategy
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): game theory
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): pure strategy