3 papers
econ.TH2025
Super-Nash Performance
Mehmet S. Ismail
In this paper, I introduce a novel benchmark in games, super-Nash performance, and a solution concept, optimin, whereby players maximize their minimal payoff under unilateral profi…
econ.TH2025
Making Tennis Fairer: The Grand Tiebreaker
Steven J. Brams, Mehmet S. Ismail, D. Marc Kilgour
Tennis, like other games and sports, is governed by rules, including the rules that determine the winner of points, games, sets, and matches. If the two players are equally skilled…
econ.TH2024
AI-powered mechanisms as judges: Breaking ties in chess
Nejat Anbarci, Mehmet S. Ismail
Recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology use has been rising in sports to reach decisions of various complexity. At a relatively low complexity level, for example, major t…