Learning Games

This paper proposes a model of learning about a game. Players initially have littleknowledge about the game. Through playing the identical game repeatedly, eachplayer not only learns which action to choose but also constructs his personal viewon the game. The model is studied using a hybrid payoff matrix of the prisoner’sdilemma and coordination games. Results of computer simulations show (1) when allthe players are slow in learning the game, they have only a partial understanding ofthe game, but may enjoy higher payoffs than the cases with full or no understandingof the game; (2) when one of the players is quick in learning the game, he obtains ahigher payoff than the others. However, all of them can receive lower payoffs than thecase where all the players are slow learners