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The aim of this paper is to study the concept of properly efficient equilibrium for a multicriteria noncooperative strategic game. Using results of multicriteria optimization programming, we give some characterizations and existence results of this concept in the considered game.
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Fahem, K., Radjef, M.S. Properly efficient Nash equilibrium in multicriteria noncooperative games. Math Meth Oper Res 82, 175–193 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00186-015-0508-y
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Keywords
- Multicriteria games
- Efficient Nash equilibrium
- Properly efficient Nash equilibrium
- Multicriteria matrix game