Volunteer's dilemma
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Volunteer's dilemma
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The volunteer's dilemma is a game that models a situation in which each player can either make a small sacrifice that benefits everybody, or instead wait in hope of benefiting from someone else's sacrifice. One example is a scenario in which the electricity supply has failed for an entire neighborhood. All inhabitants know that the electricity company will fix the problem as long as at least one person calls to notify them, at some cost. If no one volunteers, the worst possible outcome is obtain
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Game theory case weighing own/others' sacrifice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer%27s_dilemma
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2024-03-12T00:26:50Z
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