Winning isn't everything: how sports competition rules can make you want to lose

DOI10.1007/S00283-014-9510-0zbMATH Open1414.91048OpenAlexW2007358293MaRDI QIDQ906032FDOQ906032

Authors: Marc Pauly 

Publication date: 29 January 2016

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/winning-isnt-everything(e1c5617d-a967-473f-91db-e445f6817508).html

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zbMATH Keywords

competitionwinning

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

2-person games (91A05) Multistage and repeated games (91A20)

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• Tournament solutions and majority voting
• Can strategizing in round-robin subtournaments be avoided?

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