Occasional errors can benefit coordination

Gaechter, Simon

Abstract

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.

Citation

Gaechter, S. (2017). Occasional errors can benefit coordination. Nature, 545, https://doi.org/10.1038/545297a

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 2, 2017
• Online Publication Date: May 17, 2017
• Publication Date: May 18, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 24, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: May 24, 2017
• Journal: Nature
• Print ISSN: 0028-0836
• Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 545
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/545297a
• Keywords: Human behaviour; Economics; Computational biology and bioinformatics; Sociology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/860912
• Publisher URL: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v545/n7654/full/545297a.html
• Contract Date: May 24, 2017