zero-sum

ˈzɪərəʊ sʌm
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Translation of zero-sum into German

Adjective

game theory

TECH.
relating to a situation where one's gain is equivalent to another's loss
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Nullsummen- verlustausgleichend
  • In a zero-sum game, every advantage for one player is a disadvantage for the other..In einem Nullsummenspiel ist jeder Vorteil für einen Spieler ein Nachteil für den anderen.
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Expressions with zero-sum: examples in English and translations in German

Nullsummenspiel
In a zero-sum game, one player's win is another's loss.

Synonyms and analogies of zero-sum in English

adj.zero-sum gameMore synonyms

Examples of zero-sum in a sentence

  • Their rivalry was a zero-sum contest, with no room for compromise.

Translations of "zero-sum" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Nullsummenspiel

For people dependent on sensual pleasures, happiness is a zero-sum affair.

Für Leute, die von Sinnesvergnügen abhängig sind, ist Glück ein Nullsummenspiel.

Of course, monetary easing is not purely zero-sum.

Die geldpolitische Lockerung ist natürlich kein reines Nullsummenspiel.

Nullsummen

Beijing can seem to take an uncompromising and zero-sum view of the world.

Peking kann scheinen, eine kompromisslose und Nullsummen Blick auf die Welt zu nehmen.

In game theory (the application of mathematical modeling to competition and decision making), some competitions, or games, are called "zero-sum".

In der Spieltheorie (die Anwendung mathematischer Modellierung auf Wettbewerb und Entscheidungsfindung) werden einige Wettbewerbe oder Spiele als "Nullsummen" bezeichnet.

Nullsummen-

This is therefore not a zero-sum but a positive-sum game.

Es handelt sich hier also nicht um ein Nullsummen-, sondern vielmehr um ein Positivsummenspiel.

It's about zero-sum and non-zero-sum games.

Es geht um Nullsummen- und Nicht-Nullsummenspiele.

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zero-sum: Examples and translations in context

Her investments were based on the belief that finance was zero-sum.

Ihre Investitionen basierten auf der Überzeugung, dass Finanzen ein Nullsummenspiel sind.

The effects of our kindness are not zero-sum.

Die Auswirkungen unserer Mitmenschlichkeit sind kein Nullsummenspiel.

In terms of game theory, it is a zero-sum, sequential game with perfect information.

Bezüglich der Spieltheorie ist es ein sequentielles Nullsummenspiel mit perfekter Information.

This implies a zero-sum view of global economics that is false.

So wird die Weltwirtschaft fälschlicherweise zu einer Art Nullsummenspiel.

We were locked in a zero-sum, ideological conflict.

Wir waren in einem Nullsummenspiel, in einem ideologischen Konflikt gefangen.

Children playing the game quickly learned it was zero-sum, with prizes for only one.

Die Kinder, die das Spiel spielten, lernten schnell, dass es ein Nullsummenspiel war, bei dem es Preise nur für einen gab.

but this isn't zero-sum like a basketball game is.

Sie sind echt gut, aber das ist kein Nullsummenspiel wie beim Basketball.

I used to believe in zero-sum...

Früher glaubte ich an Nullsummen.

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zero-sum game
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