Talk:Price of stability

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Plm203 in topic The defining ratio for PoS is inverted

The defining ratio for PoS is inverted

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The ratio:  , should be inverted. As is it is inconsistent with the wiki page Price of anarchy, and it is increasing as a function of the value of the best equilibrium, while it should be decreasing, and it should be minimal when the best equilibrium matches the optimum. Thus the formula should read

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and the rest of the page should be modified accordingly: for instance the PoS is 2 for the prisoner's dilemma with the values used in the page. Plm203 (talk) 11:30, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply