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physics.soc-ph2014★ 26 cited
Inefficiency of voting in Parrondo games
L. Dinis, J. M. R. Parrondo
We study a modification of the so-called Parrondo's paradox where a large number of individuals choose the game they want to play by voting. We show that it can be better for the p…
physics.soc-ph2014★ 79 cited
Brownian motion and gambling: from ratchets to paradoxical games
J. M. R. Parrondo, L. Dinis
Two losing gambling games, when alternated in a periodic or random fashion, can produce a winning game. This paradox has been inspired by certain physical systems capable of rectif…
physics.soc-ph2014★ 13 cited
Collective decision making and paradoxical games
J. M. R. Parrondo, L. Dinis, E. García-Toraño +1
We study an ensemble of individuals playing the two games of the so-called Parrondo paradox. In our study, players are allowed to choose the game to be played by the whole ensemble…