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Re:Using Reinforcement Learning in the Algorithmic Trading P... by nuclearnice1 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:04PM (#23026427)
Your payoffs are not zero sum.

> In game theory and economic theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant's gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants.

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Re:Using Reinforcement Learning in the Algorithmic Trading P... by buzzkillington on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:47PM (#23026657)
Yes? The point is that no one playing has the highest payout for the group[1].

[1] You can change the +10 to +9 if you want to make it the absolute highest total payout.

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Re:Using Reinforcement Learning in the Algorithmic Trading P... by nuclearnice1 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:33PM (#23052819)
Sorry I don’t follow. Can you elaborate?
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