The Mathematics of Coordinated Inference: A Study of Generalized Hat Problems

by Alan D. Taylor and Christopher S. Hardin

Book Overview

Two prisoners are told that they will be brought to a room and seated so that each can see the other. Hats will be placed on their heads; each hat is either red or green. The two prisoners must simultaneously submit a guess of their own hat color, and they both go free if at least one of them guesses correctly. While no communication is allowed once the hats have been placed, they will, however, be allowed to have a strategy session before being brought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319013327
• ISBN13: 9783319013329
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"