transport: Parrondo's paradox

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Parrondo's paradox, a paradox in game theory, describes how a combination of losing strategies can become a winning strategy. It is named after its creator, Juan Parrondo, who discovered the paradox in 1996. A simple example involves two coin flip games: Game A uses a biased coin that loses 50.5% of the time, while Game B switches between two different biased coins depending on whether your current winnings are even or odd. Though both games individually favor the house, alternating between them creates a net winning strategy. This occurs because the alternation causes players to spend more time in the favorable states of Game B, while Game A's consistent bias helps reset the system into th…

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Analysis of the Parrondo Paradox and Applications. The Parrondo paradox refers to a counterintuitive phenomenon where the combination of two losing strategies can result in a winning outcome. This paper examines the Parrondo paradox and its applications. The purpose of this study is to analyze the underlying mechanisms of the Parrondo paradox and explore its potential applications in various fields. In this research, a comprehensive analysis of existing literature and mathematical models is conducted to understand the theoretical foundations and practical implications of the Parrondo paradox. The results reveal that the emergence of the paradox is attributed to the interplay between determi…

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Relieving Cost of Epidemic by Parrondo's Paradox: A COVID-19 Case Study.. COVID-19, also known as SARS-CoV-2, is a coronavirus that is highly pathogenic and virulent. It spreads very quickly through close contact, and so in response to growing numbers of cases, many countries have imposed lockdown measures to slow its spread around the globe. The purpose of a lockdown is to reduce reproduction, that is, the number of people each confirmed case infects. Lockdown measures have worked to varying extents but they come with a massive price. Nearly every individual, community, business, and economy has been affected. In this paper, switching strategies that take into account the total "cost" born…

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Game theory and non-linear dynamics: the Parrondo Paradox case study

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Optimizing strategies in the primary Parrondo paradox

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EcoQBNs: First Application of Ecological Modeling with Quantum Bayesian Networks.. A recent advancement in modeling was the development of quantum Bayesian networks (QBNs). QBNs generally differ from BNs by substituting traditional Bayes calculus in probability tables with the quantum amplification wave functions. QBNs can solve a variety of problems which are unsolvable by, or are too complex for, traditional BNs. These include problems with feedback loops and temporal expansions; problems with non-commutative dependencies in which the order of the specification of priors affects the posterior outcomes; problems with intransitive dependencies constituting the circular dominance of the outc…

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Game theory is the field of applied mathematics that models interactions between multiple agents as "games" of strategy between "players". It is a scientific method of describing, predicting, evaluating, and selecting choices (or "actions"), often with the view of maximising utility outcomes (or "payoffs") for one or more players. Game theory has applications in the natural, formal and social sciences, including biology, computer science, economics, law, logic, political science, systems science, and philosophy. Subfields of game theory include algorithmic game theory, behavioral game theory, combinatorial game theory, evolutionary game theory, and quantum game theory. In 1994, the Nobel Pr…