Abstract
Rufus Isaacs introduced Princess and Monster games in the final chapter of his classic book. The value of the Princess and Monster game on an interval is as of yet unknown. We present some numerical results to estimate this value.
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Alpern, S., Fokkink, R., Lindelauf, R., Olsder, G.J. (2009). A Numerical Approach to the ‘Princess and Monster’ Game on an Interval. In: Pourtallier, O., Gaitsgory, V., Bernhard, P. (eds) Advances in Dynamic Games and Their Applications. Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games, vol 10. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4834-3_9
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