Type (of players)

In a game of incomplete information, the payoff-relevant private information of a player, like the numerical level of a certain parameter in his von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function, is called his type. In a game of incomplete information, each player has at least two possible types. Types also can be represented as varying continously.

Entry by: Aner Sela


November 10, 1997
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