Decomposition of Games: Some Strategic Considerations

Joseph Abdou (), Nikolaos Pnevmatikos (), Marco Scarsini and Xavier Venel ()
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Joseph Abdou: Centre d’Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 75647 Paris Cedex 13, France
Nikolaos Pnevmatikos: Laboratoire d’Économie Mathématique et de Microéconomie Appliquée, Université Paris 2, Panthéon-Assas, 75006 Paris, France
Xavier Venel: Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Luiss University, 00197 Rome, Italy

Mathematics of Operations Research, 2022, vol. 47, issue 1, 176-208

Abstract: Orthogonal direct-sum decompositions of finite games into potential, harmonic and nonstrategic components exist in the literature. In this paper we study the issue of decomposing games that are strategically equivalent from a game-theoretical point of view, for instance games obtained via transformations such as duplications of strategies or positive affine mappings of the payoffs. We show the need to define classes of decompositions to achieve commutativity of game transformations and decompositions.

Keywords: Primary: 91A70; secondary: 91A06; γ -potential games; duplicate strategies; gradient operator; projection operator; decomposition of games; harmonic games (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Working Paper: Decomposition of games: some strategic considerations (2019)
Working Paper: Decomposition of games: some strategic considerations (2019)
Working Paper: Decomposition of games: some strategic considerations (2019)
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