Game Theory Simulations - CCAB

Game Theory is the mathematical study of strategic interaction between rational decision-makers. It provides frameworks for understanding cooperation, competition, and conflict in economics, politics, biology, and social sciences.

These 10 interactive simulations explore classic games and models that reveal fundamental insights about human behavior, evolution, and strategic thinking. From the Prisoner's Dilemma to evolutionary dynamics, each simulation demonstrates key concepts through visual, hands-on experimentation.

Prisoner's Dilemma Tournament

Axelrod's famous tournament with competing strategies like Tit-for-Tat, Grudger, and Always Defect. Watch strategies evolve and discover which cooperation mechanisms succeed.

Public Goods Game

N-player contributions to a shared pool that gets multiplied and redistributed. Explore the free-rider problem and conditions for sustainable cooperation.

Ultimatum Game

Proposer offers a split, responder accepts or rejects. Test theories of fairness, rationality, and altruistic punishment through interactive bargaining.

Hawks and Doves

Classic evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) model. Watch aggressive Hawks and peaceful Doves compete for resources with population dynamics reaching equilibrium.

Stag Hunt

Coordination game with multiple Nash equilibria. Hunt stag together for high payoff, or hunt hare alone for guaranteed reward. Risk-dominance vs payoff-dominance.

Matching Pennies

Zero-sum game with no pure strategy Nash equilibrium. Players randomize between Heads and Tails, demonstrating mixed strategy equilibria in action.

Battle of the Sexes

Coordination problem with asymmetric preferences. Both players want to coordinate but prefer different outcomes. Explore coordination mechanisms and conventions.

Centipede Game

Sequential game where the pot grows each round. Take the pot now or pass and risk your opponent taking it? Backward induction vs cooperative behavior.

Chicken Game

Two players drive toward each other. Swerve and lose face, or stay straight and risk collision? Anti-coordination with dangerous brinkmanship dynamics.

Replicator Dynamics

Continuous-time evolutionary game theory. Strategies reproduce proportionally to their fitness. Visualize phase portraits and evolutionary trajectories.