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subgame

Definitions

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  • noun game theory A subset of a game that can be considered a game in its own right
  • noun video games A minor or incidental game within a larger video game; a minigame.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ game

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Examples

  • It can be expressed by saying that the strategy-pair is a nash equilibrium for every subgame of the original game, where a subgame is the result of taking a node of the original game tree as the root, pruning away everything that does not descend from it.

    Prisoner's Dilemma Kuhn, Steven 2007

  • Other participants selections provided results that were consistent with the trust and reciprocity effects observed in the 1995 Berg, Dickhaut, and McCabe experiment, in contrast with the subgame-perfect equilibrium expected by neoclassical economic assumptions.

    Lying Online 2008

  • But, still, a subgame where you trample a wizard might have been a nice touch for Liong The Dragon too.

    SLACKERJACK – Dragon Dash 2007

  • In more technical terms, the only nash equilibria of the game are those where the first player takes two dollars on the first move and the only subgame perfect equilibrium is the one in which both players take $2 on any turn they should get.

    Prisoner's Dilemma Kuhn, Steven 2007

  • I22, Fiona does not necessarily have good reason to think that Alan will follow the backwards induction solution of the subgame beginning at I22, and hence she might not have good reason to follow the backwards induction solution, either.

    Common Knowledge Vanderschraaf, Peter 2007

  • If there was a subgame involving bikini models we'd really be talking, but there isn't, so shut up.

    Captain America To Be Directed By… Oh. Really? That Guy? 2007

  • Square Enix has developed the shoot-em-up subgame from its first incarnation into a really enjoyable rail shooter that sees you blasting your way through absolute legions of space-faring Heartless.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Greg Tannahill 2006

  • But if there are just two strategies, then it is true that there are two equilibria though only one is subgame perfect. posted by Mungowitz @ 1/30/2006 03:01:00 PM

    Archive 2006-01-01 2006

  • But if there are just two strategies, then it is true that there are two equilibria though only one is subgame perfect. posted by Mungowitz @ 1/30/2006 03:01:00 PM

    Sorry I'm Late 2006

  • Square Enix has developed the shoot-em-up subgame from its first incarnation into a really enjoyable rail shooter that sees you blasting your way through absolute legions of space-faring Heartless.

    Kingdom Hearts II Post-Mortem Greg Tannahill 2006

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