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       Finding strictly dominated strategies
   DIR By: Julia.Wirtz
       Date: January 7, 2013, 2:59 pm
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       Question
       I understand the principle of eliminating strictly dominated
       strategies and the way to do it as well for mixed strategies,
       I am a bit confused on a quicker way of finding the mixed
       strategies that dominate pure strategies, right now what i do is
       i check every possibility (by putting probabilities on 2 or more
       actions and checking if the payoff is higher than the pure
       strategy that i haven't assigned a probability to) but that
       seems like a very long way of doing it....
       Answer
       There are many ways to find strategies that strictly dominate
       another one and with experience you'll get faster. I usually
       start by finding the best responses. A strategy that isn't a
       best response to anything should be dominated by some
       combination of the others. First, I look for poor strategies,
       then for 1/2 mixes, then for more complex combinations.
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