On some winning strategies for the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma or Mr. Nice Guy and the Cosa Nostra

Wolfgang Slany and Wolfgang Kienreich
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Wolfgang Slany: Institut fü Softwaretechnologie, Inffeldgasse 16b/II, TU Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Wolfgang Kienreich: Know-Center, Inffeldgasse 21a/II, 8010 Graz, Austria

Chapter 8 in The Iterated Prisoners' Dilemma:20 Years On, 2007, pp 171-204 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionAnalysis of the Tournament Results2004 competition, league 1 (standard IPD rules, with 223 participating strategies)2004 competition, league 2 (uncertainty IPD variant, same 223 participating strategies as in the first league)2005 competition, league 1 (standard IPD rules, with 192 participating strategies)2005 competition, league 4 (standard IPD rules, but only non-group, individual strategies were allowed to participate; 50 participating strategies)Analysis of OmegaTitForTat's (OTFT) performanceThe practical difficulty of detecting collusionDetails of Our StrategiesOmegaTitForTat, or Mr. Nice Guy meets the iterated prisoner's dilemmaSuspicionRandomnessExploitsOTFTExamplesOTFT's behaviour laid bareOur group strategiesThe Cosa Nostra group strategy, or Organized crime meets the iterated prisoner's dilemmaThe gory details of the Cosa Nostra group strategyThe Emperor And His Clone WarriorsThe Stealth Collusion group strategyAnalysis of the Performance of the StrategiesOmegaTitForTatGroup strategiesCollusion detection is an undecidable problemConclusionAcknowledgmentsReferences

Keywords: Iterated Prisoners Dilemma; Game Theory; Cooperation; Defection; Competition; Axelrod (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 C5 C7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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