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In a drama, characters' preferences and options change under the pressure of pre-play negotiations. Thus they undergo change and development. A formal model of dramatic transformation is presented that shows how the core of a drama is transformed by the interaction among the characters into a strict, strong equilibrium to which they all aspire. The process is seen to be driven by actors' reactions to various “paradoxes of rationality.”
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Howard, N. Drama theory and its relation to game theory. Part 2: Formal model of the resolution process. Group Decis Negot 3, 207–235 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01384355
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01384355