Robert Axelrod wrote about this thought experiment in his The Evolution of Cooperation, and noted that the best strategies in this situation were those that were "nice", "forgiving", "retaliating", "non-envious." It was originally posed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher, and the best response to t
Robert Axelrod wrote about this thought experiment in his The Evolution of Cooperation, and noted that the best strategies in this situation were those that were "nice", "forgiving", "retaliating", "non-envious." It was originally posed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher, and the best response to the (*) iterated version of this problem is the "tit-for-tat" solution. Contrasting the value of altruistic versus selfish actions, this is, for ten points, what thought experiment, in which two suspects are each offered a chance to confess to lighten their jail sentence?
Robert Axelrod wrote about this thought experiment in his The Evolution of Cooperation, and noted that the best strategies in this situation were those that were "nice", "forgiving", "retaliating", "non-envious.