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The strategy of conflict . Prospectus for a reorientation of game theory
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tual dependence-the non-zero-sum involved in wars and threats of war, strikes, negotiations, criminal deterrence, class war, race war, price war, and blackmail; maneuvering in a bureaucracy or a social hierarchy or in a traffic jam; and the coercion of one's own children-traditional game theory has not yielded comparable insight or advice. These are the games in which, though the element of conflict provides the dramatic interest, mutual dependence is part of the logical structure and demands some kind of collaboration or mutual ac-
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- Authors
- Schelling, T. C.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schelling, Thomas C.
- Venue
- Journal of Conflict Resolution
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1958-09
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 203-264
- ISSN
- 0022-0027 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8766
- OpenAlex
- W2065820855
- Cited by
- 220
- References
- 31
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- FWCI
- 8.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Conflict Resolution (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Game Theory and Applications
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Conflict Management and Negotiation
- Keywords
- game theory, non-zero-sum games, interdependence, conflict, negotiation, deterrence, bargaining, cooperation
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