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Prisoner's dilemma

by William Poundstone

This work examines the development of game theory and its application to Cold War military strategy. It explores the prisoner's dilemma as a mathematical model for conflict and the nuclear arms race, alongside the history of the RAND Corporation.

Accession 5471 ISBN 019286162X Publisher Oxford University Press
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