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Coupon collector's problem. In probability theory, the coupon collector's problem refers to mathematical analysis of "collect all coupons and win" contests. It asks the following question: if each box of a given product (e.g., breakfast cereals) contains a coupon, and there are n different types of coupons, what is the probability that more ...
Thunee is a popular trick-taking card game of the jack–nine family that originated in Durban, South Africa. It is believed that the game was developed by the first indentured Indian labourers. There are variations of the game found in India and Mauritius. [citation needed] The game is mostly confined to the former Indian townships, where it ...
Shut the box is the basis of the American television quiz show High Rollers, which ran from 1974 to 1976 and 1978 to 1980 on NBC with Alex Trebek as the host. The show resurfaced from 1987 to 1988, this time hosted by Wink Martindale. Versions of the game have also been played in Barotseland (Zambia, central Africa).
Rare Replay is a compilation of 30 games developed by Rare and its predecessor, Ultimate Play the Game, over their 30-year history across platforms from the ZX Spectrum to the Xbox 360 [3] (1983 to 2008), up until Rare's Kinect Sports series. [4] The 30 games span multiple genres, including fighting, first-person shooter, simulation ...
Repeated game. In game theory, a repeated game (or iterated game) is an extensive form game that consists of a number of repetitions of some base game (called a stage game). The stage game is usually one of the well-studied 2-person games. Repeated games capture the idea that a player will have to take into account the impact of their current ...
First-person shooter, stealth. Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer (Windows, Mac) The Operative: No One Lives Forever (abbreviated as NOLF) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Fox Interactive, released for Windows in 2000. The game was ported later to the PlayStation 2 and Mac OS X in 2002.
The ultimatum game is a game that has become a popular instrument of economic experiments. An early description is by Nobel laureate John Harsanyi in 1961. [1] One player, the proposer, is endowed with a sum of money. The proposer is tasked with splitting it with another player, the responder (who knows what the total sum is).
Tryst. (novel) Tryst, written in 1939 by Elswyth Thane, is a story of two people fated to be together. While a quick summary may make it sound like a horror novel, it actually borders on mystery and romance. Set against the background of a world on the brink of war and published before WW II began, the story takes a look at people who hold ...