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The Sage · Quest for The Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma

From RAND to Press–Dyson

The Prompt

Trace the discipline from Flood and Dresher (1950) through Axelrod’s 1980 tournament to the present. Explain why Tit-for-Tat won, what its limitations are, and how the zero-determinant strategies of Press and Dyson (2012) reframed the problem.

Completion Criteria

A short essay (three or four paragraphs) and at least three citations.

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