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The problem of defining threat strategies in nonzero-sum games is considered, and a definition of optimal threat strategies is proposed in the static case. This definition is then extended to differential games, and sufficient conditions for optimality of threat strategies are derived. These are then applied to a simple example. The definition proposed here is then compared with the definition of threat strategies given by Nash.
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Ray, A., Blaquière, A. Sufficient conditions for optimality of threat strategies in a differential game. J Optim Theory Appl 33, 99–109 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00935179
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