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extensive form game

extensive form game noun: informally, a representation of a game as a tree of decision nodes, with the game beginning at a unique initial node, and flowing through the tree along a path determined by the players until a terminal node is reached, where play ends and payoffs are assigned to all players; each non-terminal node belongs to a player; that player chooses among the possible moves at that node, each possible move is an edge leading from that node to another node.

Noun

extensive form game (plural extensive form games)

  1. Informally, a representation of a game as a tree of decision nodes, with the game beginning at a unique initial node, and flowing through the tree along a path determined by the players until a terminal node is reached, where play ends and payoffs are assigned to all players; each non-terminal node belongs to a player; that player chooses among the possible moves at that node, each possible move is an edge leading from that node to another node.

Forms of extensive form game

pluralextensive form games

Questions about extensive form game

What does extensive form game mean?
Extensive form game means informally, a representation of a game as a tree of decision nodes, with the game beginning at a unique initial node, and flowing through the tree along a path determined by the players until a terminal node is reached, where play ends and payoffs are assigned to all players; each non-terminal node belongs to a player; that player chooses among the possible moves at that node, each possible move is an edge leading from that node to another node.
What part of speech is extensive form game?
Extensive form game is a noun.
What is the plural of extensive form game?
The plural of extensive form game is extensive form games.

Words near extensive form game in the dictionary

  1. extensionlessness
  2. extensions
  3. extensities
  4. extensity
  5. extensive
  6. extensive form game
  7. extensive form games
  8. extensive properties
  9. extensive property
  10. extensively
  11. extensiveness

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