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mixed strategy [¦mikst ′strad·ə·jē] (mathematics) A method of playing a matrix game in which the player attaches a probability weight to each of the possible options, the probability weights being nonnegative numbers whose sum is unity, and then operates a chance device that chooses among the options with probabilities equal to the corresponding weights. (statistics) A concept in game theory which allows a player more than one choice of action which is determined by a chance mechanism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``While our work clearly demonstrates that work-first programs are more cost-effective than education-first programs, it also shows that the most successful programs we have studied use a mixed strategy, where some people are urged to get a job quickly and others are offered work-focused, short-term education or training, determined by the individual needs of recipients. We believe that a very different discourse is needed, one that neither condemns cosleeping or bedsharing, nor condemns crib sleeping or what most parents end up practicing, a mixed strategy combining cosleeping and solitary crib sleeping. The mixed strategy (a combination of steps and partial pivots) was the most common pattern in the ENDT group, while the remaining 44% of the group used 1 of the 4 full-pivot types of strategies. |
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