Meanings
nounNash equilibrium (plural Nash equilibria)
plural Nash equilibria
- computingThe set of choices of players' strategies for which no player can benefit by changing his or her strategy assuming that the other players keep theirs unchanged.
Origin
Named after American mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 納什均衡 /纳什均衡
- 納什均衡 /纳什均衡set of choices of players' strategies
Czech Nashova rovnováha
- Nashova rovnováhaset of choices of players' strategies
German Nash-Gleichgewicht
- Nash-Gleichgewichtset of choices of players' strategies
Hindi नैश साम्यावस्था
- नैश साम्यावस्था (naiś sāmyāvasthā)set of choices of players' strategies
Icelandic Nash-jafnvægi
- Nash-jafnvægiset of choices of players' strategies
Italian equilibrio di Nash
- equilibrio di Nashset of choices of players' strategies
Spanish equilibrio de Nash
- equilibrio de Nashset of choices of players' strategies
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