Keyword: coordination

Games Are Serious and Ubiquitous (7/7/2006)

In game-theoretic situations, organization and coordination are needed to ensure the compatibility of individual and group interests.

Keywords: binary choice, coordination, dominant strategy, free market, game, game theory, government intervention, group interest, organization, PD, prisoner’s dilemma, self-interest, strategic behavior

Games people play (transcript) (3/27/2007)

Narrated lecture on multi-party games involving binary choices.

Keywords: binary choice, congestion, coordination, critical mass, dominant strategy, externality, game theory, gender, invisible hand, nash equilibrium, payoff matrix, prisoner's dilemma, Schelling, stable solution

Systems Competition and Network Effects (9/26/2000)

A dominant network based on a near universal standard can internalize a great deal of system externality to the benefits of network users and can persist even in the face of technically superior competing networks.

Keywords: compatibility, complementary products, coordination, expectation, network externality, system