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COWLES FOUNDATION DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 1860 A Web Gaming Facility for Research and Teaching Martin Shubik May 2012 This essay considers the potential for utilizing web games for research
and teaching. It discusses a specific gaming facility that has been constructed and
utilized. The gaming facility can be made available for use for those interested in
utilizing it for teaching and/or research purposes. The goal is to have this facility be
of use for both single play and repeated matrix games. Much of the discussion here is
aimed at single play games as a desirable benchmark preliminary to the study of repeated
games. Properties of the one stage games are discussed and instructions for the use of the
system are supplied. Extensions to multistage games and incomplete information are noted. |
