Characterizing the Nash equilibria of a three-player Bayesian quantum game

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DOI10.1007/S11128-017-1593-ZzbMATH Open1373.81183arXiv1703.03291OpenAlexW2596887671MaRDI QIDQ1679359FDOQ1679359


Authors: Neal Solmeyer, Ricky Dixon, Radhakrishnan Balu Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 9 November 2017

Published in: Quantum Information Processing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Quantum games with incomplete information can be studied within a Bayesian framework. We consider a version of prisoner's dilemma (PD) in this framework with three players and characterize the Nash equilibria. A variation of the standard PD game is set up with two types of the second prisoner and the first prisoner plays with them with probability p and 1-p respectively. The Bayesian nature of the game manifests in the uncertainty that the first prisoner faces about his opponent's type which is encoded either in a classical probability or in the amplitudes of a wave function. Here, we consider scenarios with asymmetric payoffs between the first and second prisoner for different values of the probability, p, and the entanglement. Our results indicate a class of Nash equilibria (NE) with rich structures, characterized by a phase relationship on the strategies of the players. The rich structure that can be exploited by the referee to set up rules of the game to push the players towards a specific class of NE. These results provide a deeper insight into the quantum advantages of Bayesian games over their classical counterpart.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.03291




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