snowdrift game

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:logic
game theory concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs chicken game
hawk-dove game
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:prisoner's_dilemma
gptkbp:describes conflict between cooperation and selfishness
gptkbp:equilibrium mixed strategy Nash equilibrium
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1970s
Maynard Smith
gptkbp:form matrix game
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label snowdrift game
gptkbp:numberOfPlayers two
gptkbp:originatedIn metaphor of two drivers stuck behind a snowdrift
gptkbp:payoffStructure mutual defection yields no benefit
one cooperates, one defects: cooperator pays full cost, defector gets full benefit
mutual cooperation yields benefit minus cost divided by two
gptkbp:relatedTo public goods game
gptkbp:studiedIn evolutionary game theory
gptkbp:usedIn economics
evolutionary biology
sociology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hawk–Dove_game
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7