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Descriptor English: Game Theory
Descriptor Spanish: Teoría del Juego
Descriptor teoría de los juegos
Entry term(s) teoría del juego
Scope note: Construcción teórica usada en matemática aplicada para analizar ciertas situaciones en las que existen interacciones entre partes que pueden tener intereses similares, opuestos o mixtos. En un juego típico, los jugadores que toman decisiones, cada uno con sus propios intereses, tratan de sacar ventaja sobre los demás, mediante la anticipación de las decisiones de los otros; finalmente el juego se resuelve como consecuencia de las decisiones de los jugadores.
Descriptor Portuguese: Teoria do Jogo
Descriptor French: Théorie du jeu
Entry term(s): Game Theories
Theories, Game
Theory, Game
Tree number(s): G17.388
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005716
Scope note: Theoretical construct used in applied mathematics to analyze certain situations in which there is an interplay between parties that may have similar, opposed, or mixed interests. In a typical game, decision-making "players," who each have their own goals, try to gain advantage over the other parties by anticipating each other's decisions; the game is finally resolved as a consequence of the players' decisions.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Group Processes (1966-1968)
Interpersonal Relations (1966-1968)
Operations Research (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 1969
History Note: 1969
Related: Operations Research MeSH
DeCS ID: 5856
Unique ID: D005716
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Date Established: 1969/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/09/01
Game Theory - Preferred
Concept UI M0008969
Scope note Theoretical construct used in applied mathematics to analyze certain situations in which there is an interplay between parties that may have similar, opposed, or mixed interests. In a typical game, decision-making "players," who each have their own goals, try to gain advantage over the other parties by anticipating each other's decisions; the game is finally resolved as a consequence of the players' decisions.
Preferred term Game Theory
Entry term(s) Game Theories
Theories, Game
Theory, Game



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