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Preliminary Experimental Results on the Similarity Function in 2x2 and 3x3 Games

Zizzo, Daniel John (2003) Preliminary Experimental Results on the Similarity Function in 2x2 and 3x3 Games. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This paper employs two experimental datasets to assess along what dimensions agents evaluate whether two 2x2 or 3x3 games are similar. The Euclidean distance between the payoffs, the absolute difference in game harmony and the difference in mean and standard deviation between the games are all significant components of the estimated similarity function, and so is whether the two games have zero, unique or multiple pure Nash equilibria. However, our explanatory power is limited: substantial extra information can be gathered by collecting similarity evaluation data rather than relying just on our observable proxies.

Item Type:Preprint
Keywords:similarity, games, game harmony, cognition
Subjects:Psychology > Cognitive Psychology
Psychology > Social Psychology
ID Code:2820
Deposited By: Zizzo, Daniel John
Deposited On:12 Mar 2003
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:55

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