mathematical area of game theory and of convex optimization, a minimax theorem is a theorem that claims that max x ∈ X min y ∈ Y f ( x , y ) = min y ∈ Y...

Minimax (sometimes Minmax, MM or saddle point) is a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, combinatorial game theory, statistics...

or non-competitive. Zero-sum games are most often solved with the minimax theorem which is closely related to linear programming duality, or with Nash...

particularly for applications of Sion's minimax theorem. Generalizing a minimax theorem of John von Neumann, Sion's theorem is also used in the theory of partial...

who first proposed it in a 1977 paper. It is closely related to the minimax theorem in the theory of zero-sum games, and to the duality theory of linear...

framework of the spectral theorem for self-adjoint operators on Hilbert spaces. Quantum versions of Von Neumann's minimax theorem were proved. Quantum game...

The Courant minimax principle, a characterization of the eigenvalues of a real symmetric matrix Minimax theorem, one of a number of theorems relating to...

Manipulated Nash equilibrium Mexican standoff – Type of confrontation Minimax theorem – Gives conditions that guarantee the max–min inequality holds with...

fixed-point theorem (fixed points) Envelope theorem (calculus of variations) Isoperimetric theorem (curves, calculus of variations) Minimax theorem (game theory)...

Neumann’s minimax theorem von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem von Neumann-Morgenstern solution von Neumann's inequality von Neumann's theorem von Neumann's...

strategy sets are spanned by a finite number of strategies, then by the minimax theorem, min μ G max μ D L ( μ G , μ D ) = max μ D min μ G L ( μ G , μ D )...

for every function. A theorem giving conditions on f, W, and Z which guarantee the saddle point property is called a minimax theorem. Define g ( z ) ≜ inf...

theorem, the Closed Graph Theorem implies that the two statements are equivalent. The Kakutani fixed point theorem can be used to prove the minimax theorem...

Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS) at Tsinghua University. Yao used the minimax theorem to prove what is now known as Yao's principle. Yao was raised in Taiwan...

the field of game theory as a mathematical discipline. He proved his minimax theorem in 1928. It establishes that in zero-sum games with perfect information...

In game theory, folk theorems are a class of theorems describing an abundance of Nash equilibrium payoff profiles in repeated games (Friedman 1971). The...

of games on the unit square – Parthasarathy's theorem is a generalization of Von Neumann's minimax theorem. It states that a particular class of games has...

particular, Konig's theorem. The Minimax theorem for zero-sum games can be proved using the strong-duality theorem.: sub.8.1  Sometimes, one may find...

credible. Centipede game Dynamic inconsistency Glossary of game theory Minimax theorem Retrograde analysis Solution concept Bellman's principle of optimality...

In statistical decision theory, a minimax estimator δ M {\displaystyle \delta ^{M}\,\!} is an estimator which performs best in the worst possible case...

Applications aux Jeux de Hasard and earlier notes, Émile Borel proved a minimax theorem for two-person zero-sum matrix games only when the pay-off matrix is...

important minimax theorems in combinatorics, including Dilworth's theorem and Mirsky's theorem on partially ordered sets, Kőnig's theorem on matchings...

doi:10.1016/0012-365X(72)90006-4, MR 0302480. Lovász, László (1974), "Minimax theorems for hypergraphs", Hypergraph Seminar (Proc. First Working Sem., Ohio...

algorithm that seeks to decrease the number of nodes that are evaluated by the minimax algorithm in its search tree. It is an adversarial search algorithm used...

A minimax approximation algorithm (or L∞ approximation or uniform approximation) is a method to find an approximation of a mathematical function that...

Hyperbolic equilibrium point Hyperbolic geometry Minimax theorem Max–min inequality Mountain pass theorem Howard Anton, Irl Bivens, Stephen Davis (2002):...

Arrow's impossibility theorem is a key result in social choice theory showing that no ranked-choice procedure for group decision-making can satisfy the...

according to μ {\displaystyle \mu } . Yao's minimax principle (a special case of von Neumann's minimax theorem) states that the randomized communication...

1016/0095-8956(76)90049-6, MR 0427138 Lucchesi, C. L.; Younger, D. H. (1978), "A minimax theorem for directed graphs", Journal of the London Mathematical Society, Second...

Z}\phi (x,z).} The theorem has applications in optimization, where it sometimes is used to solve minimax problems. The original theorem given by J. M. Danskin...