INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG NONCOOPERATIVE AND COALITION STABILITY CONCEPTS

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2008-01-11
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InsightfultheoremsareestablishedoninterrelationshipsamongcoalitionandnoncooperativestabilityconceptsdefinedwithintheparadigmoftheGraphModelforConflictResolution.Morespecifically,thenewlydefinedcoalitionstabilitydefinitionsthatareconsideredarecoalitionNashstability(CNash),coalitiongeneralmetarationality(CGMR),coalitionsymmetricmetarationality(CSMR)andcoalitionsequentialstability(CSEQ),alongwiththeirearlier-definednoncooperativeversions.Arangeofinterestingnewtheoremsarederivedtoestablishconnectionsamongthesecoalitionstabilityconceptsaswellasbetweennoncooperativeandcoalitionstabilitydefinitions.ApplicationswithrespecttothegamesofPrisoner′sDilemmaandChicken,aswellasagroundwatercontaminationdispute,demonstratehowthevariousstabilitydefinitionscanbeappliedinpracticeandconfirmthevalidityofsomeofthetheoremsaswellaspointout,byexample,certaintypesofrelationshipswhichcannothold.