The game of chicken

Chicken (game)

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The game of chicken, also known as the hawk-dove game or snowdrift game,[1] is a model of conflict for two players in game theory. The principle of the game is that while the ideal outcome is for one player to yield (to avoid the worst outcome if neither yields), individuals try to avoid it out of pride, not wanting to look like "chickens." Each player taunts the other to increase the risk of shame in yielding. However, when one player yields, the conflict is avoided, and the game essentially ends.

The name "chicken" has its origins in a game in which two drivers drive toward each other on a collision course: one must swerve, or both may die in the crash, but if one driver swerves and the other does not, the one who swerved will be called a "chicken", meaning a coward; this terminology is most prevalent in political science and economics. The name "hawk–dove" refers to a situation in which there is a competition for a shared resource and the contestants can choose either conciliation or conflict; this terminology is most commonly used in biology and evolutionary game theory. From a game-theoretic point of view, "chicken" and "hawk–dove" are identical.[1] The game has also been used to describe the mutual assured destruction of nuclear warfare, especially the sort of brinkmanship involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis.[2]

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Feiglingsspiel
Beim Feiglingsspiel (englisch chicken game), Spiel mit dem Untergang, Hazard bzw. Angsthasespiel handelt es sich um ein Problem aus der Spieltheorie. Dieses Spiel ist auch unter dem Namen Brinkmanship in der Literatur bekannt und kann als eine Auspr;gung des Falke-Taube-Spiels gesehen werden.

Es geht um das Szenario einer Mutprobe: Zwei Sportwagen fahren mit hoher Geschwindigkeit aufeinander zu. Wer ausweicht, beweist damit seine Angst und hat das Spiel verloren. Weicht keiner aus, haben beide Spieler zwar die Mutprobe bestanden, ziehen jedoch daraus keinen persoenlichen Nutzen, weil sie durch den Zusammenprall ihr Leben verlieren.