cooperative game

noun

Informally, a game formalized using a function (called the characteristic function) that assigns to each coalition of players a real number representing the payoff that the coalition can gain if it is formed, without specifying how the outcome is divided among the participants of the coalition; upon the execution of the game, each player can be a member of at most one coalition.

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nouncooperative game (plural cooperative games)

plural cooperative games

  1. computingInformally, a game formalized using a function (called the characteristic function) that assigns to each coalition of players a real number representing the payoff that the coalition can gain if it is formed, without specifying how the outcome is divided among the participants of the coalition; upon the execution of the game, each player can be a member of at most one coalition.
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