Experimental Validation of Quantum Game Theory
Matthias Hanauske, Steffen Bernius, Wolfgang K\"oenig, Berndt, Dugall

TL;DR
This paper validates quantum game theory through experimental data from Prisoner's Dilemma games, showing quantum models can predict cooperation levels as accurately as classical theories, with a new classification scheme based on quantum indicators.
Contribution
It introduces a novel quantum classification scheme for cooperation in two-player games and demonstrates its effectiveness in matching experimental data.
Findings
Quantum indicators effectively predict cooperation levels.
Quantum models match classical predictions in accuracy.
A new classification scheme for quantum cooperation is proposed.
Abstract
This article uses data from two experimental studies of two-person Prisoner's Dilemma games [1, 2] and compares the data with the theoretic predictions calculated with the use of a quantum game theoretical method. The experimental findings of the cooperation percentage Cp indicate a strong connectivity with the properties of a novel function (N), which depends on the payoff parameters of the game and the entanglement parameter . A classification scheme depending on four quantum cooperation indicators is developed to describe cooperation in real two-person games. The quantum indicators lead to results, that are at least as good as the cooperation predictions derived from classical game theory.
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Taxonomy
TopicsQuantum Mechanics and Applications · Quantum Information and Cryptography · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
