On the existence of stable states in game problems (Q1082276)

In an \(n\)-person game in normal form, a strategy \(n\)-tuple \(x\) is called weakly extreme for player \(i\) if for any other strategy \(x_ i\) there is a response \(x^ i\) of the other players such that the outcome for \(i\), \(f_ i(x_ i,x^ i)\) is not greater than \(f_ i(x)\). If \(x\) is weakly extreme for each \(i\), it is a weak-active equilibrium. Conditions for the existence are investigated, and it is shown that in certain cases equilibria may result in Pareto optimal outcomes.