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Dominant Strategy

A dominant strategy is a strategy that results in the highest payoff for a player regardless of the strategies chosen by other players.

In game theory, a dominant strategy is the best course of action for a player in a game, no matter what the opponents do. If a player has a dominant strategy, they will always choose it. Not all games have a dominant strategy for each player.

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