Game Theory
The current chapter we are studying deals with Game Theory, go to the following link, and explore. Find an example of game theory in pop culture, the media, or in fiction and write a 3-5 sentence summary in your own words. Don't copy any example that has already been used.
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ReplyDeleteIn an episode of Friends, Monica and Chandler were caught doing it at an apartment. They don't know that the other friends know about it. Joey proposes they just spill the beans and avoid the secrets, but Phoebe wants to pretend she doesn't know so she can screw around with that info. With all the secrecy, Chandler starts messing with them right back, and it's hard to tell who really knows what, and who really has the upper hand with the info.
Drew Garza
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The game theory is demonstrated in an episode of "The Simpsons", where a game of rock, paper, scissors is used to settle a dispute. To decide who will get a precious comic book on Sundays and in the event that a 0 is randomly drawn to determine who gets it, rock, paper, scissors will be played to tell the winner or the book on Sundays. Bart, when playing against Lisa for the book, claims, "Good ol' rock never loses". Therefore, Lisa is left to decide quickly whether Bart will actually choose rock and she should in turn draw paper to beat him, or if he is actually using reverse psychology to get Lisa to draw paper so that he can draw scissors to beat her instead. Each is challenged to decide whether or not to take one for their word (Lisa) and decide whether or not he will be taken for his word (Bart).
Hannah Abie
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“Bachelor Pad” is a reality show that brings together contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette seasons. They present the audience with how the $250,000 prize money is going to be divided, which the final 2 contestants Holly and Michael knew about beforehand. The audience is told that the two will go into separate rooms, and choose between two options, “SHARE” or “KEEP.”If they both pick “SHARE” they walk away with $125,000 each.If one chooses “SHARE” and the other chooses “KEEP”, the contestant that chose “KEEP” gets the entire $250,000. If they both choose “KEEP”, neither gets the money and it is split among the bachelors and bachelorettes that have been eliminated. In the end, it is revealed that both Holly and Michael both chose “SHARE”, and the money was split evenly between them.
Jason Bailey, Period 6
ReplyDelete"Friend or Foe?" is a game show that aired from 2002 to 2005 on the Game Show Network. On the game show, three pairs of people compete. When a pair is eliminated, they play a game similar to the "Golden Balls" show to determine how the winnings are split. If they both cooperate (Friend), they share the winnings 50–50. If one cooperates and the other defects (Foe), the defector gets all the winnings and the cooperator gets nothing. If both defect, both leave with nothing. Surprisingly, people cooperated more often than expected.
Carina Hung, Period 6
ReplyDeleteIn the movie Footloose, two boys must choose when or if to jump out of an automobile speeding towards a cliff to settle their situation. If one jumps before the other, the second to jump is the winner and becomes gang member or prom king. If both boys jump at the same time, there is a tie. If neither jump, they die. Jimmie jumps before the car reaches the edge of the cliff, but Buzz is unable to jump with his jacket caught in the door handle.
maverick thigpen, period 6
ReplyDeletein the series death note this concept was used an ample amount of times but ill stick with a broad example. our MC light was faced with the choice of selling out the first serial killer to save himself, however this would mean she could be interrogated and expose who he really being as that they had a special connection. but on the other side if they work together it'll bring him to the spotlight since she does modeling as a job. so he was faced with risk being exposed but live in secrecy or live in the public eye and take a long term risk to being caught
Robey Lukose
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In the TV show, South Park, the concept of Game Theory was exercised. In the example given by the website, Cartman and the boys decide to decorate a teacher's house with toilet paper. They are eventually caught and make up a back up story to tell to cover up the truth. However, Cartman looking at his options through the concept of game theory decides that the best way to get out is to snitch leaving him with only one week of detention while the other 3 boys leave with 2 weeks of detention. He used the concept of game theory and got the best deal he could.
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Two teenage boys decide to settle a dispute by way of near-death experiences. Each speeds an automobile towards a cliff (or at each other, in later adaptations). A simple rule governs the challenge: the first to jump out of his automobile is the chicken and, by universally accepted social convention, concedes the object in dispute. The second to jump is victorious, and, depending on context, becomes gang leader, prom king, etc.
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ReplyDeleteA good example of game theory is in season 5 episode 9 of Suits when Mike Ross and Harvey Specter separately went to two investment banking firms, one led by Tony Gionopoulis and the other, by Jonathan Sidwell. Harvey and Mike tried to pit both firms against each other to take a deal that involved buying a company called Mckernon motors. Mike and Harvey gave the rival company scenarios in which they would make profits and loses based on what the other rival company did, in regards to Mckernon Motors.
Zoe Leibowitz
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A good example of game theory is in the movie, The Princess Bride. The hero of the movie, Westley, is confronted by his enemy, Vizzini, and in doing so, he challenges him to a Battle of Wits. Westley takes two glasses of wine, placing poison in one, but not the other. This action leads them both into an in depth conversation where Vizzini tries to figure out which glass is poisoned by putting together what he knows about Westley, and what kind of move he would make. He finally decides to switch the glasses when Westley's back is turned but still gets poisoned either way, because both of the glasses are poisoned (Westley, however, is immune to that particular poison).
Janelle Rodriguez
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In the movie Stand by me, there is a game between a couple of boys a game of chicken is played and in this game they are using cars and driving. In the game chicken the main goal of the game is to keep doing a certain dangerous thing until the other person essentially the "chicken" gives up. Now In Stand by Me the boys are driving towards each other until one of them becomes the chicken and swerves out of the way to avoid getting hit. This is an example of game theory in the sense that if one of them is determined to not be the chicken and does not show signs of moving it makes the choice for the other player to move out of the way so the players will not get hurt.
Kylee Brouwer
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In the first Hunger Games movie, Peeta and Katniss are the last two players in the game and one has to die in order to deem a winner. They find poisonous berries and the two of them have to decide whether or not to eat the berries. One player could eat the berries to leave the other player to be the winner, neither player could eat them and live in the torturous game for a while, or they could both eat the berries so the government would not have a winner.
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ReplyDeleteIn the movie The Dark Knight, the Joker and Batman have many clashes. In one scene the Joker kidnaps Harvey Dent and his girlfriend and puts them into two different places filled with oil barrels and explosives. When the timer goes off both will be killed or Batman has time to save one of them. Batman has to chose between Harvey or his girlfriend Rachel. To try to save them both, Batman sends Gordon to get Rachel and he will get Harvey. This shows game theory because they both can be saved, both can be killed, or one can live and the other may not.
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ReplyDeleteIn he movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid would be perfect example. The leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang who rob trains are after a rail line that is run by Mr. E. H. Harriman. Mr. Harriman has outfitted a special train and has hired special employees to catch the robbers. Butch realizes that the outcome is Pareto dominated, which means that it would make at least one group better off without hurting any other group. Mr.Harriman is spending more money trying to catch the robbers than the total amount of money the robbers actually stole. Butch tells Mr.Harriman that if he just paid them as much money as he spent to create this plan, they would stop robbing him. Mr.Harriman was unaware of this possibility and settled for the one that ended up harming his business.
In the infamous mafia flick, The Godfather, both the Bocchicchio family is depicted as an especially ruthless bunch who will stop at nothing for revenge and lack all means of knowledge. When deciding whether or not to meet with Tessio or not, Michael leaving all logic aside, decides that if Don Tessio doesn't follow through then he cant be trusted, however if Tesdio doesn't return safely, his men will kill the Bocchicchio hostage. Though the meeting would be mutually beneficial theirlack of trust leads to a 3rd party contract, outlining the specific conditions of the meeting.
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The Game Theory is demonstrated in the classic Peanuts animated special, where Charlie Brown must decide whether or not to kick a football from under Lucy. Lucy continuously withdraws the ball at the last moment, forcing Charlie Brown to fly up into the air and land on his back. Each time Lucy asks Charlie Brown to kick the football, Charlie can either choose to reject Lucy’s offer or accept it. If he rejects, then the game is over and he simply walks away; but if he accepts, then Lucy has a choice to either hold the ball or pull it away. Charlie must reject the offer if he wants to be pain-free, but because Lucy is a “game theory expert,” Charlie is always tricked into kicking the ball and ends up landing flat on his back.
Sarah Rassam
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An example of game theory is demonstrated in the movie Murder by Numbers. It involves two murder suspects; each prisoner is confronted with the prisoner's dilemma by being put into different rooms. After being threatened to the death penalty, they are told that whichever prisoner talks first is set free and the other gets the death penalty.
Tolu Ojo
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In the movie Captain America: Civil War, Captain America is faced with the difficult task of either saving his lifelong friend, or concede to the wishes of the UN and several hundred nations of the world. His childhood friend (practically his brother), Bucky Barnes, was wrongfully framed for an attack that he didn't commit. Captain America deeply wants to clear Bucky's name and prove to the world that he is no longer a threat. On the other hand, going against the UN and many of his teammates, including Iron Man, paints Captain America as a vigilante. Captain America decides to protect his friend and defies the UN, causing him to be hunted for the latter half of the film by numerous special forces teams and even a cat-like king. This represents game theory because Captain America had to choose between his best friend, or dividing his team and defaming his character. By choosing to protect Bucky, Captain America was able to expose a bigger conspiracy than what was originally thought.
May Liew
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In the movie "Enduring Love", a situation is described where there is a hot air ballon that is in trouble as the pilot has fallen out of the basket and was entangled by a rope that was attached to an anchor. As the pilot is being dragged even higher by the wind, the hot-air ballon is nearing a cliff and in the basket, a child remained. The narrator and three others saw this and ran to help as all four of them grabbed hold of the line. However, the dilemma occurs when the pilot falls off (the heaviest individual). So with only 4 people still trying to save the hot-air ballon with the boy inside, they all have to make the decision to hold on, or to let go and remain alive, with each individual not knowing what choice the other will decide on. There is still a chance that they can save the boy with all four of them hanging on once the wind subsides, but as they rise higher in the air, three of them decide to let go because the odds were in neither of their favors of all of them choosing to hang on.
Humdaan Balagamwala
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In the tv show Scrubs, several surgeons compete for a certain position. They spend countless hours sucking up to the Chief of Medicine in order to get an advantage in the decision. Eventually one surgeon, Turk, convinces everyone to stop sucking up, so people are chosen based on their skill. However, a list of the surgeons based on skill is released and places him fourth. He realizes that he won't be able to get the position based on skill and goes on to do degrading favors. He used The Game Theory, determining that he would have to suck up in order to get the position after determining he couldn't get it based on skill.
In the anime "Naruto", two members of an organization had the option of collecting a beast of a host of a beast. Both members decide to go for different targets and inevitably fail. They used Game Theory incorrectly and chose the options that would leave to their failure. Later enough though, they decide to go after the beast together and they successful capture it.
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In the show "Alias," SD6 is in possession of a mysterious box that they desperately need to open. They have two options: find the key to open the box or risk destroying what's on the inside and force it open. Eventually they hire a Game Theorist and decide to meet up with the enemy with the key and use the key to open the box.
Meyer Wilson
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In the reality tv show "Are You the One: Second Chances", a spin off of the original show is developed where old couples (perfect matches) from previous seasons of the show are all brought into one house. The couples take on different challenges and the couple that takes last place is up for elimination. The house as a whole also votes in another couple who is put to the ultimate test of their relationship. The couple voted in by the house is put in front of two posts with the options of "steal" and "share". If they both pick share, they get to stay in the game and the couple who came in last place must go home. If one person chooses "share" and one person chooses "steal", that person who stole gets the money and the other goes home with nothing and the couple who came in last place is saved. If they both choose "steal" neither get anything and they both go home saving the couple who came in last place.
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ReplyDeleteJurassic Park incorporates the idea of game theory through the scientists. Ian Malcolm claims that due to the chaos theory the island is an accident waiting to happen, and they bring in several game theorists to analyze the risk. They choose to ignore his warnings and the island becomes dangerous.
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The writer of Dilbert illustrates a scenario where Dilbert and his colleagues face interrogation by the police. He creates a character, Dilbert, that announces that his knowledge of the prisoner's dilemma will save him . He says that if him and his coworker both say nothing than they cannot arrest either of them, which would be the best solution for everyone, however it isn't a dominant strategy since there is a chance the other coworker could rat out the Dilbert. They than show in the other room the coworkers snitching on Dilbert, using their dominant strategy.
Bryan Pulliam
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IN the game Risk one opponent is trying to take control of the entire board. The entire time you are thinking about the best possibility for yourself which also revolves around the other person as well. Which ever scenario you run in you're head you think of what you get out of it, thus this incorporates game theory into the game of risk because you want the best for yourself.
Rushil Mistry
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In the TV show the survivor the idea of game theory is shown as well. In the TV show they have to decide who to keep with them and who not to keep. This takes voting and understanding and starting the voting based on who is the best person to keep in the team. In the survivor Thailand it portrayed a Game of Nom as well. The game is played such as matches or other objects are arranged in two or more piles. Players alternate removing some or all of the matches from any one pile. The player to remove the last match wins. Therefore we can see how game theory is shown in the TV show of Surviror.
Neethu Thampy
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In the movie, Dr.Strangelove, there is a Hawk-Dove game in which two paths can be taken to get to the mutually desired resource. The first path is the Hawk's, the hawk will peck its competitor to secure the prize. The second is the Dove's path, the dove will avoid injury at all times. If a hawk meets a hawk, there will be fighting and chances of losing the game. If a hawk meets a dove, then the dove flees and leaves the prize for its opponent . Finally, if a dove meets a dove then the resource will be shared.
Mervin Cherian
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In South Park three boys have got in trouble because they decorated their teacher's house with toilet paper. If one of them confesses then that person gets one week detention and the other gets two week detention. If neither of them confesses they would have all gotten a set number of days in detention. Same would have happened if neither would have confessed.
Taylor Mott
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Game theory is the study of how people interact in competition or in other words the science of strategy. Therefore, the movie Memento is a prime example of this economic principle in action. The movie focuses on a man whose wife was murdered, however, he has a form of amnesia that makes it impossible for him to make new memories. As he tries to figure out who killed his wife, he must invent unique ways of reminding himself of what he has discovered so far, such as tattooing his discoveries on his body. This movie exemplifies two very real aspects of game theory: imperfect recall and unfair advantages. In the real world competitors very rarely have perfect recall and information distribution. This leads to unfair advantages. For example, in the movie because of the main characters imperfect recall his competitor had an unfair advantage because he was able to contaminate the main guy's evidence .
Devin Laird
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In the tv show Deal or no deal a contestant has the choice to either accept the bankers option and go home with a guaranteed about of cash or risk it or risk all their cash and try to get more money by picking the right brief case with more cash than what is in the either choice the contestant chooses they get money but which choice do they get more money.
Prasun Dhawan | Period 2
ReplyDeleteA great example of Game Theory and the Prisoner's Dilemma is seen in the movie "Return to Paradise," starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche and Joaquin Phoenix. The story starts with three American men, who have recently met, going on a vacation in Malaysia. Two of the men return to the United States but one stays behind only to get caught with hash and sentenced to death by the Malaysian authorities. Stuck in Malaysian prison with a death sentence, his escape depends on the actions of his other two friends. If the two men return, both get three years in Malaysian prison system, and the condemned man is freed. If only one returns, the man returning gets six years in prison, and the condemned man go free. If neither return, the condemned man gets hanged. The two men have to carefully decide on their plan of action to either save themselves of their friend.
Hunter Bergfeld
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In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid, Game theory is used to rob train. The robbers are aware that the owner wants to catch the owner. They use game theory to find the option best for them.
Christopher Yee
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In the movie Rebel Without a Cause, two drivers play a game called "chicken". It's a game where both drivers accelerate towards each other and the first one to swerve loses. If neither swerve, they both run into each other and possibly kill each other. If they both swerve then they are both "chicken". The game is to see who has more bravery.
Erica Wong
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Game theory in Attack on Titan is prevalent when Eren must make a decision to trust his superiors to take care of themselves or disobey their orders and protect them. He decides to trust them, instead of disobeying their orders like he had done previously. But instead, all of his superiors ends up being wiped out, while he is left alive. If he had pretended to go back but just tailed them secretly instead, he would have been able to defend them and most likely save their lives. Or if he had convinced them to go back and let him ahead, then he would have most definitely survived and taken out the assassin.
Jacob Gassmann
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In the Season 3 premiere episode of Rick and Morty there is a point where one of the Council of Ricks is holding Summer hostage. Game Theory is used when Rick C-137 says he could care less if she's killed or not by describing what he'd do in either scenario. Morty cares about Summer so he disagrees with Rick. Morty stands up against Rick and shoots him in the head with a fake gun (not knowing it's fake). After pulling off "The oldest Rick trick in the book". They escape unharmed.
Rick set up the situation so whether Morty complies or not, he still reaches the goal in the end.
Edwin Cabrera
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An example of game theory can be found in Furious 7. Deckard and Dominic are in their own cars facing each other in a distance. Game Theory applies as they approach each other at a really high speed, where they both have the decision of either going straight or swerve. If both Dominic and Deckard swerve, then they don't hit each other. If Dominic/Deckard goes straight and Deckard/Dominic swerves, then no one will get hit but whoever swerves will be seen as a coward. If both Dominic and Deckard go straight, then they both hit each other. In the end, they both hit each other, and even though the cars were heavily damaged from the crash, they both still had the strength to fight each other face to face.
In the movie Akeelah and the Bee, the main character Akeelah is in the national spelling bee competition against reigning champion Dylan. Akeelah is on her way to earning the title of national champion but intentionally misspells her last word because she feels bad for her opponent who's father is very strict. Dylan quickly catches on to Akeelah's idea and the two of them go back and forth misspelling words until they are both crowned co-champions.
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ReplyDeleteThe producers of "Voltron: Legendary Defenders" are currently in a situation that correlates with the concept of Game theory.The producers have to make a decision which will derive the fate of the show and the satisfaction of the fan domain. *potential spoilers*
Since the disappearance of the main Black Paladin, Shiro, the producers have been stuck in a conundrum on who the next Black Paladin will be. The two main choices are, the current Red Paladin named Keith, and the Princess Allura. If they switch Keith from being Red Paladin to Black Paladin, they will upset their fans but in turn have an easier path in which the could continue the story. Since Shiro is now temporarily out of commission and there must be 5 Paladins, they have two choices for Allura. Either they Promote her to Black Paladin, since she already has a leadership role in the series, and in turn satisfy many fans thus gaining more views. Or they could assign Allura the position of Blue Paladin in which the story might or might not be easier to play out, but incredibly dissatisfy the fan base and domain causing them to lose views.
Their Dominant Strategy as of right now, is to make Princess Allura Black Paladin and continue to allow Keith to pilot the Red Lion.
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ReplyDeleteIn the movie "Thirteen Days", during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US and Soviet are at a standoff as president JFK threatens to invade Cuba if the Soviet Missiles aren't removed. If neither listens to the other, then the world might have to face a nuclear war. If the US allows the missiles to stay in Cuba, then the Soviets could bomb the US. If the Soviets move their missiles, the US could use missiles based in Turkey to attack the USSR.
There are two blue Jays and they both are being tested. The blue jays are taught to jump when a light signal comes on. If the blue jays jump on to the same branch they will be rewarded with two pellets but if they jump on different branches they will only get one pellet. Although they could not see each other the birds cooperated and they followed the tit for tat method. Their dominant strategy was to jump to the left side because they would at least get one pellet of food.
ReplyDeleteIn the movie "swingers", Mike and his girlfriend break up so he goes to his friend Rob for advice on whether or not to call her or not which depended on whether or not he wanted her back. Rob tells him either way he should not call because he can't make her come back and by not calling and making it seem like he for got her she will call him. This is an example of game theory because you have to analyze your options and outcomes to make a sufficient decision. -period 6
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ReplyDeleteIn the movie "The good, the bad, an the ugly", CLint in an old fashioned standoff plus one writes a message on a rock in the middle of the three gun wielding men. The message on the rock supposedly containing the key to everything, but the men dont trust Clint to have written the correct message. So the men refrain from shooting Clint who may still be the only hope of getting answers. Instead, the men are left to shoot each other, but what they don't know is that Clint gave one of them a empty gun. So the men will shoot each other while Clint will shoot the one with the loaded gun. Leaving Clint the only one alive and able to take the money.
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In the NBA Game Theory is used all the time at the end of the season.Teams must choose between resting superstars and losing a couple of games or playing them, and having them fatigued in the playoffs. Then Game Theory is also present in team building.Teams must choose between keeping veterans for a smaller salary or letting them go completely, if they keep veterans: then those veterans can teach the younger players.If they let the veteran go they, it may take longer to develop players and extend the period of time in which the team does poorly.
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In an episode of Joan of Arcadia during a drawn out game of rock paper and scissors one character reasons. This episode exemplifies Game Theory by showing as the probability of duplicating a tie decreases as each tie occurs. So to break the tie, the tie must be broken solely on human behavior.
Sarah Johnson
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In the show "Strong Woman Do Bong Soon" a young girl is in love with her friend and he secretly loves her too. There is evidence of game theroy as for there are multiple outcomes to each path that is taken. First they can both confess and be together. One can confess and agree or in the worst case scenario both can neither can tell each other how they truly fell and never know what could have happen if they did.
Kody Ngo
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The example of game theory is shown in the movie In The Hunt for the Red October, when Soviet admiral Marko Alexandrovich Ramius, followed by a group of naval officers, decided to desert with hi-tech submarine from the Soviet navy and request an asylum from the US government.At some point, Ramius vessel comes across American submarine Dallas that already received the order to destroy it. However, after having been approached by a CIA agent who believes that Ramius wants to defect rather than hit US targets, Dallas’s captain Bart Manucuso debates whether or not to sink it. To abstain from striking, he needs an assurance from Red October that it is not an enemy. In other words, Ramius needs to assure the American counterpart that he does not want to hit military targets in the US, but rather want to negotiate an asylum.
Both sides have two options: they can try to torpedo the other submarine, or they can engage in negotiation (cooperation). If they cooperate, they both are not destroyed. If Ramius wants to
negotiate and Mancuso hits him, Ramius is destroyed and Mancuso survives. Similar result is obtained when the situation is reversed: if Ramius fires at Mancuso who wants
to negotiate, Raimus survives and Mancuso is destroyed. Finally, if they fire at each other at the same time, both sides are mutually destroyed.
Ronak Patel
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Xenekis Innias is an Engineer turned classical composer. Xenakis formulated musical reflections of game theory with two "competing" orchestras in his compositions Duel and Strategie. Both types of orchestras are defined as "games for two orchestras."
In the movie "Rebels without a cause" it displays an odd example of The Game Theory. They play a game called "chicken" and it is where two people, in different cars, accelerate as fast as they can go head on into each other. If one person dodges the other, that person loses while the other person wins. If neither person "chickens" out then they both die.
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In the movie War Games, A defense department computer, after repeatedly playing tic-tac-toe, discovers grim trigger strategies and concludes that nuclear war is a "strange game - the only winning move is not to play." The Grim Trigger Strategy A trigger strategy usually applied to repeated prisoner's dilemmas in which a player begins by cooperating in the first period, and continues to cooperate until a single defection by her opponent, following which, the player defects forever. Grim trigger is a severe trigger strategy since a single defection brings about an eternal end to cooperation, in contrast to the much more forgiving tit for tat.
Doris Chien
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In "N3umbers", Don Eppes is an FBI agent. His brother, Charlie, is a brilliant university professor brother. Charlie helps solve crimes by relating the crime to seemingly complicated mathematical theories. Charlie and Don are in pursuit of an assassin, attempting to calculate where the killer would strike.
In the movie "Waking Ned", a senior named Ned dies of shock after winning the lottery. Jackie leads his best friend Micheal into assuming Ned's identity but they need the entire village to cooperate. The choice they are given is to either share and keep the individual amounts each person gets, take the money for themselves and risk loosing all of it, or not impersonating Ned and not taking the money.
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In the the film the matrix Neo is offered two choices by the character Morpheus. Either he can choose to take the red pill which would subject him to the true reality but also inject him into a new difficult and dangerous life. Or Neo could take the blue pill which would allow him to continue living his life the way it is danger free and seemingly easy but in actuality a lie. The benefit of the first is that he would be able to live in the actual reality but is subject to the dangers of that world. However with the blue pill the disadvantage there is that at any moment the simulation could end and Neo die needlessly
In the Band Game Theory, the theory is a discipline that is applied to real life situations. Scott Miller, the founder of the Game Theory band says that all the rules can be made up to just go along with. The tit for tat theory within Game Theory is emphasized here in which past actions from band mates foreshadow future song titles. The listeners can pick up on such tactic and therefore can relate it to real-life. "Always be wary of the superstructure of whatever situation you're in. It may just be that the whole game that you're into is something very bogus and you should get out."
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In numb3rs, Charlie and Don are trying to catch an assasin. They need to find him before he hide out, which is goal or dominant strategy. They must think steps ahead and predict his actions to know where to look.
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"A Beautiful Mind" is the biographical account of John Nash. This movie was based of Sylvia Nasers book about John Nash. This movie covers the principal of Nash equilibrium in game theory.Nash equilibrium is a situation in which no participant can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the others remain unchanged. Hence, there is an equilibrium between the participants and one does not have a significant gain over the other.
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ReplyDeleteOne example of game theory is in the movie/book Insurgent where Tris has to decide whether or not she should take part in following the leader's command opening the box that requires her to risk her life, but opening the box could reveal valuable information. If she does it and dies, all would be lost, but the leader would lose, which would be beneficial to others. If she does it and lives, she will reveal very valuable information. However, if she decides not to do it, more of her peers will be killed.
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