A two-player game with a skew-symmetric payoff matrix. The amount lost by one player is the amount gained by the other player (zero-sum). Such a game has a value of zero and the optimal strategies of the two players are the same. Skew-symmetric matrix; Game theory.
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Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (2001). Symmetric zero-sum two-person game . In: Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_1028
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