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Zero-Sum Game

A Game in which players make payments only to each other. One player's loss is the other player's gain, so the total amount of ``money'' available remains constant.

See also Finite Game, Game


References

Dresher, M. The Mathematics of Games of Strategy: Theory and Applications. New York: Dover, p. 2, 1981.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26