Colonel Blotto game
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 28, 2015 by Michael Mauboussin · across every show →
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Apr 28, 2015
Mauboussin: Weaker players should multiply battlefields while stronger players simplify
“The simple rules, by the way, is if you're the stronger player,
What you want to do in a head-to-head competition, what you want to do is simplify the game.
In other words, have as few battlefields as possible, so you're almost assured that your skill will ove…”
Apr 2, 2019 neutral
Page: In multidimensional competition, there is no universally best profile
“One of the nice things that both those models sort of tell us is that there's kind of no best answer, because like you're going to win relative to how someone else is, so it's a strategy, it's more like a game, it's strategic, and there's no best thing you can…”