Thank you, spokeshave, for this excellent analysis.
I too have studied certain topics of operations research in depth, and made them a central part of some significant businesses where I had an executive role. These included queueing theory and graph theory; however, when I read pure game theory books and articles it always impresses me as sterile academics.
Based upon the thoughtful posts of yourself (spokeshave) and Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn., maybe I should take another look sometime.
(Such as in the event I am put in charge of nuclear war strategy. :) )
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