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From: dsn@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dana S. Nau)
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Subject: Re: Win/Win Players vs. Win/Lose Players
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Date: Sun, 16-Mar-86 21:30:52 EST
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In article <698@hounx.UUCP> kort@hounx.UUCP writes:
>Has anyone worked out the dynamics where one player is using Win/Win
>and the other is using Win/Lose?  Seems to me the outcome is generally
>Lose/Lose?  Does anyone have a strategy  for dealing with a Win/Lose
>partner?
>
>--Barry Kort  ...ihnp4!hounx!kort

It sounds to me like you might be interested in reading Axelrod's book, "The
Evolution of Cooperation," which studies the iterated prisoner's dilemma.
It doesn't *directly* answer your questions above--but some of it is
relevant.  Also, it's a pretty interesting book!
-- 

Dana S. Nau,  Comp. Sci. Dept.,  U. of Maryland,  College Park,  MD 20742
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