09 May, 2009

Daily Question #57

Identify.



Hint :
Cracked precisely by shrey, Govind, Ajay, A:Might, scipio, aamaadmi, raghu and Pramod! Partial credit for those who mentioned Game Theory/ Nash equilibirum.


Answer : Prisoner's dilemma ( problem in Game Theory)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma

PS : Scipio shares his thoughts on Game Theory in the movie "The Dark Knight". A must read for Game Theory enthusiasts (like me!).
http://scipio-inde.blogspot.com/2008/09/are-you-game.html

@Ajay : I thought Ocean's Eleven was obvious due to the hint. Turned out it wasn't, so credit to you!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Prisoner's Dilemma, the Game Theory Problem

Anonymous said...

Game theory: Prisoner's Dilemma
Govind Paliath

Ashish Lath said...

Game Theory by John Nash

Anonymous said...

Prisoners Dilemma.

--Ajay Parasuraman

A:Might said...

nash equilibrium put to prisoners dilemmma....

stuntman mike said...

nash equilibrium depicted thru the two prisoner problem ... the best solution being by each player working for his own best as well as the overall gain of the group

scipio said...

The Prisoner's Dilemma. Game Theory. John Nash. It is amazing how prevalent game theory is in daily life. Here is my thoughts about Game Theory in the Moveie Dark Knight... http://scipio-inde.blogspot.com/2008/09/are-you-game.html

Anonymous said...

Prisoner's Dilemma according to Game Theory (& therefore Nash(played by Russell Crowe) comes into play)

raghu said...

prisoners dilemma!
had read about this while reading about auction theory :)

Anonymous said...

not even part points for me for the previous q aa?

--Ajay

Mainak said...

Game theory!

Anonymous said...

answer-GAME THEORY matrix.
prisoners-monica bedi & abu salem.
hint was-film 'a beautiful mind' based on life of john nash,nobel laureate in economics,for his work on GAME THEORY.

senders name-v.chandrashekar.

Pramod Rao said...

Prisoner's Dilema which has a single Nash Equilibrium