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Academic and administrative computing as zero- and nonzero-sum games

Published:16 November 1980Publication History

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There are many ways to deliver academic and administrative computer services. Some imply competition and some imply cooperation. It is useful to discuss and analyze these situations in game-theory terms. To illustrate such an analysis, data from the University of New Hampshire are used.

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              SIGUCCS '80: Proceedings of the 8th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services
              November 1980
              156 pages
              ISBN:0897910230
              DOI:10.1145/800086

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