Alternative Generalized Metarationalities for Multiple Decision-Maker Conflicts

In this paper, we present an alternative definition for the generalized metarational stability concept to conflicts with n -decision makers (DMs) in the context of the graph model for conflict resolution. Our motivation to present this proposal lies on the fact that unlike the original definition of generalized metarationality for n -DMs, our definition coincides with the definition of generalized metarationality for conflicts involving only two DMs. Moreover, our definition also includes the symmetric metarational stability as a particular case. We also establish some properties satisfied by the proposed alternative definition.

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