Development of the Central-Union Theory in Cooperative Sidepayment n-Person Games

人类社会相互作用的系统可以从 不同的观点，其中之一是理性的行动。 下 这种方法，个人被视为决策者， 通过在行为上的选择来最大化他们的效用 选项. 这些决定是基于有限的信息， 环境中的其他人和事件。 该项目重点 在n人博弈中，也就是说，在多人决策中， 参与者（或玩家）的利益不需要 与其他人的一致。 该项目的主要目标 是扩展一个新的理论，称为中央联盟理论， 在一个大类的n人游戏中预测结果， 准确度。 一个例子的结果预测的 理论是某种联盟结构 就到位了。 该理论的预测将在 实验室实验的大量经验数据 n人博弈的研究 这个高度理论化和数学化的项目将扩大 并测试一个关于n人合作博弈的有前途的新理论。 该项目的一个非常有价值的方面是它强调 理论预测经验结果的能力，而不是 只在抽象的层面上研究它们。

Systems of human social interaction can be studied from various perspectives, one of which is rational action. Under this approach, individuals are viewed as decision-makers who try to maximize their utility through choices among behavioral options. These decisions are based on limited information about other people and events in the environment. This project focuses on n-person games, that is, on multi-person decisions where each of the participants (or players) have interests that need not coincide with those of others. The primary goal of the project is to expand a new theory, called the central union theory, that predicts outcomes in a large class of n-person games with a high degree of accuracy. An examples of an outcome predicted by the theory are the probability that a certain coalition structure comes into place. The prediction of the theory will be tested on a large amount of empirical data from laboratory experimental studies of n-person games. This highly theoretical and mathematical project will expand and test a promising new theory about n-person cooperative games. A very valuable aspect of the project is its emphasis on the ability of the theory to predict empirical outcomes, rather than examining them only at the abstract level.