Ulam's pathological liar game with one half-lie

We introduce a dual game to Ulam's liar game and consider the case of one half-lie. In the original Ulam's game, Paul attempts to isolate a distinguished element by disqualifying all but one of n possibilities with q yes-no questions, while the responder Carole is allowed to lie a fixed nu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robert B. Ellis, Catherine H. Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2004-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171204306204