Rock-paper-scissors a parable for cycles in finance, fashion, politics and more

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 16:31 in Mathematics & Economics

Using a grown-up version of the rock-paper-scissors game, Indiana University cognitive scientists offer a new theory of the group dynamics that arise in situations as varied as cycles of fashion, fluctuations of financial markets, eBay bidding wars and political campaign strategies.

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