Problem 2. An army commander sends a spy to examine the position of an opposing army....

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Problem 2. An army commander sends a spy to examine the position of an opposing army. The commander believes that it is equally likely that the enemy is in Position A or B. The spy will be able to observe whether the position is Position A or Position B. The commander has three possible actions, x, y, and 2. The commander and the spy are both aware that the spy's self-interest is not the same as the commander's. The payoffs to the commander and the spy depend on the position of the opposing army and on the strategy used by the commander. These payoffs are given in the table below, where the first number represents the payoff to the spy and the second number represents the payoff to the commander. The spy, of two things. X Z Action y Position A 2,3 0,2 -1,0 Position B 1,0 2,2 0,3 after observing the position of the opposing army is able to do one (1) Send a message, saying "They are in position A" or (2) Send no message. The commander, after seeing whether a message arrives will choose action x, y, or z. Problem 2. An army commander sends a spy to examine the position of an opposing army. The commander believes that it is equally likely that the enemy is in Position A or B. The spy will be able to observe whether the position is Position A or Position B. The commander has three possible actions, x, y, and 2. The commander and the spy are both aware that the spy's self-interest is not the same as the commander's. The payoffs to the commander and the spy depend on the position of the opposing army and on the strategy used by the commander. These payoffs are given in the table below, where the first number represents the payoff to the spy and the second number represents the payoff to the commander. The spy, of two things. X Z Action y Position A 2,3 0,2 -1,0 Position B 1,0 2,2 0,3 after observing the position of the opposing army is able to do one (1) Send a message, saying "They are in position A" or (2) Send no message. The commander, after seeing whether a message arrives will choose action x, y, or z.

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To analyze this problem we can create a strategic game or a payoff matrix to represent the interaction between the spy and the commander The rows of t... View the full answer