SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS 202: The Rationality Debate (3 units) Winter Quarter 2003-2004‚ Stanford University Instructor: Todd Davies Game Theory Through Examples (2/11/04) Games against nature - decision theory for a single agent Expected utility theory for a single agent is sometimes called the theory of "games against nature". Consider this example. Example 1: Planning a party Our agent is planning a party‚ and is worried about whether it will rain or not. The utilities and probabilities
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Growing up bilingual meant that not only was I lucky to be cultured in two languages but it also meant that I had an expanded vocabulary with words in Spanish and in English. In elementary‚ I felt uncomfortable speaking either language around my classmates because they would look at me strange if I spoke Spanish with someone and then weird again if I spoke English and I felt that I had to identify with just one. Once I got into my teenage years I learned that being bilingual was not a disadvantage
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which are mainly inherited. According to my research‚ borderline patients are more likely to confirm childhood family history that involves sexual abuse‚ domestic violence‚ and the early loss of a parent or guardian on through death or abandonment (Ogden‚ Janine). According to developmental theorist Erik H. Erikson‚ a sense of basic trust during childhood is a critical component of ordinary personality development‚ therefore if that sense of trust is missing the child will not be able to be trustful
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your dying child. What would you do? What would you expect any good parent to do? Would you consider it morally justifiable? This was the situation faced by the Nash family who had the first largely publicized case of a ‘savior sibling’ (Steinbock 544). In 2000‚ Lisa and Jack decided to create a savior sibling for their daughter‚ Molly Nash‚ who at the time was six years old. She was born with multiple birth defects due to Fanconi anemia‚ a deadly genetic disease that causes bone marrow failure‚ eventually
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(Five Bells‚ Our Sunshine‚ Animal Kingdom and “The Chosen Vessel”). - Exam What picture of ‘a family’ do we get from Animal Kingdom? (You might like to think about how this compares to the family shown in Muriel’s Wedding or‚ especially‚ Ned Kelly.) The family is crime orientated and is based on the strength of secrecy and deception. The family is similar to Ned Kelly’s through pursuing the interest of felony rather than compassion
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action P > MC P < MC P = MC Firm 2’s best response Undercut Firm 1 Get out of the market P = MC‚ or get out of the market In the case 1‚ if Price is greater than the monopoly price‚ the best response would be for Price to be the Monopoly price. Nash Equilibrium For each firm’s response to be a best response to the other’s each firm must undercut the other as long as P> MC Where does this stop? P = MC (!) 8 Avoiding Bertrand Paradox Repeated Game Example : Tit for
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Green Day which consists of four band members‚ Billie Joe Armstrong (Lead singer/Guitar)‚ Mike Dirnt (Bass/Backup vocals)‚ Tre Cool (Drums) and Jason White (Backup guitar/backup vocals). It was released on the album ‘Warning’ from the record label ‘Reprise Records’ on October 3rd 2000. Minority is all about standing up for what you believe in and not letting people push you around or tell you what to do. This is emphasised in the opening lyrics saying “I want to be the minority. I don’t need your authority
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African Americans and Slavery in the Revolutionary period The American Revolution was a time of great turmoil for all men and women in the United States. Great debates came and went during this time; slavery and the freedom of black men being the main problems in these debates. Slaves were used for a great number of things during the American revolutionary period. The arrival of slavery to the American colonies began in the 1600s and started out in Virginia. As the years passed more and more African-Americans
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Executive Summary Marry-brown is a locally owned and running fast food chain that will be located as a global franchise through the innovative attitude to the Marry-brown’s image‚ reputation and aspect of presentation. Marry-brown will deliver a mixture of outstanding food at value pricing‚ with exciting ambience. Marry-brown is the response to collective demand for snack-type fast food meals‚ to be consumed although walking around inside a shopping mall and window shopping. In today’s
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Millennium‚ published on October 16‚ 2008‚ Roderick R. Nash presents the idea of four possible courses of which the human race could follow in the future. These paths‚ termed the wasteland‚ garden planet‚ future primitive‚ and the Island Civilization scenarios all take extreme viewpoints and present controversial hypotheticals‚ that do not seem very practical. It is with these thoughts in mind that I present another situation‚ one that Nash fails to acknowledge in his essay— the concept of human
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