| 单词 | zero-sum game |
| 释义 | > as lemmaszero-sum game 1. In game theory: designating a game in which whatever is gained by one side is lost by the other, so that the net change is always zero. More generally: designating any situation in which an advantage to one participant necessarily leads to a disadvantage to one or more of the others. Esp. in zero-sum game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adjective] > types of maiden1598 well-run1601 unequal1654 well contested1722 returned1758 friendly1780 close-run1813 foursome1814 lightweight1823 tight1828 side1829 one-sided1839 scratch1851 international1859 all-comers1860 scrub1867 pointless1876 scoreless1885 replayed1886 peg-down1887 all-star1889 stiff1890 varsity1891 postseason1893 knock-out1896 best-of-(a specified odd number)1897 seeded1901 junior varsity1902 Simon Pure1905 pegged-down1908 JV1923 zero-sum1944 tie-breaking1970 1944 J. Von Neumann & O. Morgenstern Theory of Games ii. 47 An important viewpoint in classifying games is this: Is the sum of all payments received by all players (at the end of the game) always zero; or is this not the case?.. We shall call games of the first mentioned type zero-sum games. 1957 World Politics 10 139 This is what may be called the ‘zero-sum’ concept; power, that is to say, is power over others. The power A has in a system is necessarily and by definition at the expense of B. 1966 S. Beer Decision & Control x. 210 Perhaps the contestants in most important games nowadays (from labour disputes..to international diplomacy) too readily regard their games as zero-sum. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Sept. 1072/2 In Europe [in the 1930s] class conflict was seen as a zero-sum game in which one group could only benefit at the expense of another. 2002 A. Bellin Poker Nation ii. 19 Poker, in its most basic form, is a zero-sum game. Without a third party like a house or casino that charges a fee to play in the game, the total sum of money at the table remains constant. < as lemmas |
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