Re: Standard definition

From: William Benzon (bbenzon@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed 30 Oct 2002 - 16:15:15 GMT

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    on 10/30/02 9:47 AM, derek gatherer at dgatherer2002@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

    > Bill:
    > In the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma the performance
    > is only cooperation
    > or defection. Neither TIT-FOR-TAT nor any other
    > strategy can be
    > described merely in terms of performance.
    >
    > Derek:
    > Yes it can, you just need enough performances to
    > deduce the the strategy. How else could you infer the
    > strategy of somebody who refuses to disclose it?

    And you might well arrive at the strategy without even being able to articulate it consciously.

    Bill B

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