Theory Seminar

DATE: 2007-10-25 16:00 - 17:00
PLACE: Kenkyu Honkan 3F RM 321
TITLE: Constructing quantum games from non-factorizable joint probabilities
CONTACT: tsuda
SPEAKER: Dr. Azhar Iqbal  (Kochi University of Technology)
LANGUAGE: English
ABSTRACT: A probabilistic framework is developed that gives a unifying perspective for both the classical and the quantum games. We suggest exploiting peculiar probabilities involved in Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) experiments to construct quantum games. In our framework a game attains classical interpretation when joint probabilities are factorizable and a quantum game corresponds when these probabilities cannot be factorized. We analyze how non-factorizability changes Nash equilibria in two-player games. However, our analysis of the well known game of Prisoner's Dilemma in this framework shows that even non-factorizable EPR joint probabilities cannot be helpful to escape from the classical outcome of the game.

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