Talk:Outcome (game theory)

upshot

regarding "upshot" as another term for "outcome", referencing Decision making using game theory: An Introduction for Managers. I might have missed the particular spot you saw, but the use of "upshot" is see is in this sentence (p.44): "The upshot of this theory is that it is possible to convert a player's order of preference among outcomes into numerical utility values." That's using "upshot" colloquially, and not as another term for "outcome". Let us know if there's a different use of it, although I really don't think that it would be recognized as common enough to be in the opening sentence. Cretog8 (talk) 21:36, 15 June 2008 (UTC) :the link provided by Terriersfan "http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=42w-JkICqQUC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22game+theory%22+outcome+upshot&source=web&ots=HGnv1TBwU1&sig=rih_9ZxpFQzUe-MxmcV8f5u7p_w&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_resul)" does feature "upshot" and "outcome" in consecutive sentences on page 44, but note that it reads "The upshot of this theory is that..." and that's the only appearance of "upshot" whereas "outcome" appears throughout in the sense referred to in this article. There remain NO sources demonstrating "upshot" having this meaning within game theory. Pete.Hurd (talk) 21:42, 15 June 2008 (UTC)