Occasional errors can benefit coordination

The chances solving a problem that involves coordination between people are increased by introducing robotic players that sometimes make mistakes. This finding has implications for real-world coordination problems.

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Main Author: Gaechter, Simon
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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spelling nottingham-430712020-05-04T18:45:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43071/ Occasional errors can benefit coordination Gaechter, Simon The chances solving a problem that involves coordination between people are increased by introducing robotic players that sometimes make mistakes. This finding has implications for real-world coordination problems. Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-18 Article NonPeerReviewed Gaechter, Simon (2017) Occasional errors can benefit coordination. Nature, 545 . pp. 297-298. ISSN 1476-4687 Human behaviour; Economics; Computational biology and bioinformatics; Sociology http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v545/n7654/full/545297a.html doi:10.1038/545297a doi:10.1038/545297a
spellingShingle Human behaviour; Economics; Computational biology and bioinformatics; Sociology
Gaechter, Simon
Occasional errors can benefit coordination
title Occasional errors can benefit coordination
title_full Occasional errors can benefit coordination
title_fullStr Occasional errors can benefit coordination
title_full_unstemmed Occasional errors can benefit coordination
title_short Occasional errors can benefit coordination
title_sort occasional errors can benefit coordination
topic Human behaviour; Economics; Computational biology and bioinformatics; Sociology
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43071/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43071/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43071/