Application of Game Theory on People Dealing with Masks

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210407.197How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Game theory, prisoner’s dilemma, COVID-19, masks, regulations

Abstract

For the outbreak of COVID-19, the easiest and most effective method of prevention is to wear a mask. However, many citizens remain strongly opposed to wearing masks. Therefore, it is very important to understand people’s psychology about wearing masks. This study was conducted to understand the behaviour of the public from the perspective of the dominant strategy and Nash equilibrium by building a game model. It can be found that people are more inclined to not wear masks. Hence, government measures are required, included both making people aware of the shame and taking strong measures.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qiao Li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/08
TI  - Application of Game Theory on People Dealing with Masks
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1048
EP  - 1051
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210407.197
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210407.197
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