Autonomous n-Person Systems and Dynamic Games

Abstract

This theory deals with the case of n interacting democratic players, decision makers, or actors (n ≥ 3). Each actor can make a choice from a number of available strategies; for every actor, there is a payoff or result that corresponds with any given choice made by all the n actors. As with the two-person game, the result depends not only on one’s own decision, but also on the decisions of the other players. Also in this case, a distinction can be made between noncooperative and cooperative games.