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Chinese Physics Letters

Does the Quantum Player Always Win the Classical One?

Zhao Hai-Jun, Fang Xi-Ming

Published Jul 30, 2004• 4 citations

Abstract

We study quantum games in which the players have different strategic spaces. We find that the player who can use a quantum strategic space does not always possess more payoffs than the player who is restricted to apply only classical strategies. We find the condition of the classical player getting more payoffs than the quantum player. We also find that the game exhibits intriguing structures.

DOI: 10.1088/0256-307x/21/8/003

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