Definition:Non-Cooperative Game

Definition

A non-cooperative game is a game in which the players cannot form coalitions outside the game.

Hence each player is concerned only with his / her own fortunes.

Also known as

Non-cooperative game can also be rendered without the hyphen: noncooperative game.

Also see

• Definition:Cooperative Game

• Two-Person Zero-Sum Game is Non-Cooperative

• Results about non-cooperative games can be found here.

Sources

• 1951: John Forbes Nash: Non-Cooperative Games (Ann. Math. Vol. 54: pp. 286 – 295)
• 1956: Steven Vajda: The Theory of Games and Linear Programming ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{I}$: An Outline of the Theory of Games: $2$
• 1994: Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein: A Course in Game Theory ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$ Introduction: $1.2$: Games and Solutions