Table 1.
Game class characteristics.
| Game class | Abbreviation | Number and types of Nash Equilibria | Dom. solvable? | Incentives | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSNE [PDNE, RDNE] | MSNE | |||||
| Zero-sum | ZS | 0 or 1 | 1 or 0 | Possibly | Pure conflict | |
| Prisoner's Dilemma | PD | 1 | 0 | Yes | Social dilemma | |
| Mixed strategy | MS | 0 | 1 | No | Discoordination | |
| Stag hunt | SH | 2 | [1, 1] | 1 | No | Coordination |
| Chicken | CH | 2 | [0, 1] | 1 | No | Anti-coordination |
| Battle of the Sexes | BOS | 2 | [0, 1] | 1 | No | Coordination |
| No competition | NC | 1 | 0 | Possibly | No conflict | |
PSNE, pure strategy NE; MSNE, mixed-strategy NE; PDNE, payoff-dominant NE; RDNE, risk-dominant NE.