An issue arising in current UK politics is the issuing of high school grades for students who weren't able to take their exams this summer as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This could be an interesting experiment in Game Theory; how does one decide what grade a student should...
After reading an introductory post on game theory, specifically regarding Schelling Points, I noticed a paradox and I wonder if anyone here can shed some light on the subject. The scenario I will use to illustrate this is the inverse of a frequently used example to describe popular Schelling points....
An issue arising in current UK politics is the issuing of high school grades for students who weren't able to take their exams this summer as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This could be an interesting experiment in Game Theory; how does one decide what grade a student should get? Should one decide at all?
Firstly, the main victims of this unfortunate position are those expecting to go to university in September, who are unable to delay by waiting to take exams later this year or next year. The current UK policy was to consider previous and predicted grades of students and to consider the performance of the schools to help make... (read 154 more words →)
After reading an introductory post on game theory, specifically regarding Schelling Points, I noticed a paradox and I wonder if anyone here can shed some light on the subject.
The scenario I will use to illustrate this is the inverse of a frequently used example to describe popular Schelling points.
The Scenario
Suppose, in a dystopian future, you are on a game show with a partner. A list of numbers is presented to you:
[2, 5, 9, 25, 69, 73, 82, 96, 100, 126, 150]
You and your partner have to pick one number from the list each, without communicating with each other. You both know that if you pick the same number, a terrible fate... (read 200 more words →)