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Equilibrium points in specialn-person games

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The set of Nash equilibria is computed for some generalized games. It is also studied for a subclass of standardn-person games.

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Communicated by M. Pachter

The authors acknowledge the support of CONICET (Consejo de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de la Republica Argentina). The first author acknowledges the support from TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences), Grant No. 86-33.

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Quintas, L.G., Marchi, E. Equilibrium points in specialn-person games. J Optim Theory Appl 67, 193–204 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00939744

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