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What's the difference between the Nash equilibrium and the Min-Max algorithm?

• cousin_it 10y ago
  They are equivalent in zero-sum games, but not in non-zero-sum games. For example, consider a game between Alice and Bob who are sitting on a bomb. Each of them has three options: 1) Enjoy a nice latte 2) Trigger the bomb, killing both 3) Disarm the bomb, stopping the other from triggering it The min-max strategy is to disarm the bomb, but there's a better Nash equilibrium where both players enjoy their lattes.
  • irascible 10y ago
    And by "enjoy a nice latte", you mean "enter a decades long cold war, and bask in the glow of an unfettered military industrial complex."
  • xerophyte12932 10y ago
    haha! That's an unusual example but I suppose it works.