Railroad tracks used to come in different widths (also known as gauges). Some railroads used a wider gauge, whe used a narrower gauge. This caused problems because it meant trains couldn't easily switch tracks; they could only run on one kind of track. Eventually, the railroads all converged on a single gauge, which meany any train could run on any track. This situation could be modeled as what kind of game? Legend of Zelda Monopoly Chicken Prisoners' Dilemma Coordination game

Railroad tracks used to come in different widths (also known as gauges). Some railroads used a wider gauge, whe used a narrower gauge. This caused problems because it meant trains couldn't easily switch tracks; they could only run on one kind of track. Eventually, the railroads all converged on a single gauge, which meany any train could run on any track. This situation could be modeled as what kind of game? Legend of Zelda Monopoly Chicken Prisoners' Dilemma Coordination game

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter13: best-practice Tactics: Game Theory

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