zero-sum game

Definition

A zero-sum game is one in which the sum of the individual payoffs for each outcome sum to zero.

Special cases

• two-player zero-sum game

References

1. https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wp.nyu.edu/dist/5/2123/files/2019/12/Lecture-2-Scribe.pdf
2. M. Maschler, E. Solan, and Shmuel Zamir, Game Theory, Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp. 111-116.
3. T. Başar and G.J. Olsder, Dynamic Noncooperative Game Theory, 2nd edition, Classics in Applied Mathematics, SIAM, Philadelphia, 1999.