dominant strategy

  • whatever the others are doing a specific strategy is always the best
  • player-specific, not all agents have to have the same dominant strategy
  • always part of equilibrium

dominated strategy

  • whatever the others are doing a specific strategy will always be inferior to another strategy
  • never part of equilibrium

weakly dominant strategy

  • = than all others

  • might be part of (some) equilibrium

weakly dominated strategy

  • than all others
  • might even be part of (some) equilibrium
    • although unlikely