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zero-sum
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ze·ro-sum (zîr-sm, zr-)
adj.
Of or relating to a situation in which a gain is offset by an equal loss: ". . .under the zero-sum budgeting system that governs federal spending, the money for spinal research is likely to be deducted from some other research account" (Daniel S. Greenburg).


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There is also new material on sensitivity analysis for the two-variable problem, and Nash's theorem on the existence of equilibrium strategy pairs for non-cooperative, non-zero-sum games.
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book II: Of Morals, 1739 ********** Hume's words aptly describe what game theory calls a non-zero-sum game--one in which winning doesn't necessarily come at the complete expense of the other players.
In a non-zero-sum game, both parties can succeed or fail together.
 
 
 
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