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SITUATION: GALILEO GALILEI AND THE INQUISITION, II Referring back to Figure 2.3, we see that Galileo has two information sets: one as- sociated with Pope Urban VIII’s referring the case to the Inquisitor and the other for the situation when it is referred, Galileo does not confess, and the Inquisitor tortures Galileo. A strategy for […]

Strategic Form of Baseball Game 2,2 2,2 3,1 1,3 Orioles’ manager Yankees’ manager Retain Lopez Substitute Gibbons Retain Rivera Substitute Johnson FIGURE 2.14 Strategic Form of the Galileo and Inquisition Game Pope Urban VIII —Refer Pope Urban VIII—Do Not Refer 3,4,5 3,4,5 3,4,5 3,4,5 1,5,4 4,2,2 2,1,1 4,2,2 Galileo Inquisitor C/C C/DNC DNC/C DNC/DNC Torture

Moving from the Extensive Form and Strategic Form 39 � SITUATION: THE SCIENCE 84 GAME The magazine Science 84 came up with the idea of running the following con- test for its readership: Anyone could submit a request for either $20 or $100. If no more than 20% of the submissions requested $100, then everybody

Moderately conservative Moderate Conservative The payoffs reflect these two forces: a preference to be elected with a plat- form closer to one’s ideal, but also a desire to be elected. Note that a candidate’s payoff is higher when his or her rival is more extreme, as this makes it easier to get elected. For example,

SITUATION: COMPETITION FOR ELECTED OFFICE The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word “poly,” meaning “many,” and the word “ticks,” meaning “blood sucking parasites. —LARRY HARDIMAN Consider the path to the U.S. presidency. The Republican and Democratic can- didates are deciding where to place their campaign platforms along the polit- ical spectrum that runs from

What is a strategy for the kidnapper? To be more concrete as to the nature of a strategy in game theory, let us re- turn to the Kidnapping game in Figure 2.1. What is a strategy for the kidnap- per? As we’ve just said, a strategy is a complete decision rule—one that pre- scribes an

What Is a Strategy? BUILDING A MODEL OF A STRATEGIC SITUATION 2.4 What Is a Strategy? Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. —SUN TZU2 WHAT DO YOU THINK the preceding quote from Sun Tzu means? One interpreta- tion is that,

SITUATION: THE IRAQ WAR AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Now let’s take on some recent history: the situation faced by Iraq, the United Nations, and the United States that culminated in the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003. At issue is whether Sadaam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction (WMD). As shown in

SITUATION: U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hears a case, a panel of 3 judges is randomly selected from the 12 judges on the court. After a case is filed, the parties submit written briefs stating their argu- ment. If the court decides

SITUATION: MUGGING Notorious for being cheap, the comedian Jack Benny would tell the fol- lowing story: “I was walking down a dark alleyway when someone came from behind me and said, ‘Your money or your life.’ I stood there frozen. The mugger said again, ‘Your money or your life.’ I replied, ‘I’m thinking, . .