Tit for tat
Toma y daca
- Date
- 1980 · confidence medium
- Place
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Credited to
- Anatol Rapoport
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Game theory strategy for the iterated prisoner's dilemma that cooperates on the first move and then mirrors the opponent's previous move; submitted by Anatol Rapoport to Robert Axelrod's tournaments, where it proved the most successful.
What it led to
- studies on the evolution of cooperation
- reciprocity models in evolutionary biology
- game theory applied to economics and politics
- automated negotiation algorithms