ERIC Number: EJ807933
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 13
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Asymmetric Conflict: Weakest Link against Best Shot
Clark, Derek J.; Konrad, Kai A.
Journal of Conflict Resolution, v51 n3 p457-469 2007
The authors study conflict on multiple fronts. A defending player needs to successfully defend all fronts, and an attacker needs to win at only one. Multiple fronts result in a considerable disadvantage for the defending player, and even if there is a defense advantage at each of them, the payoff of the defending player is zero if the number of fronts is large. With some positive probability, in the equilibrium defending players surrender without expending effort. (Contains 9 notes.)
Descriptors: Conflict, Probability, Social Sciences, Military Science, Strategic Planning, War, Success
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