Noun
normal form game (plural normal form games)
(game theory) Formally, a structure
(
P
,
S
,
F
)
{\displaystyle (P,\mathbf {S},\mathbf {F} )}
where P = {1,2, ...,m} is a set of players,
S
=
(
S
1
,
S
2
,
…
,
S
m
)
{\displaystyle \mathbf {S} =(S_{1},S_{2},\ldots,S_{m})}
is an m-tuple of pure strategy sets, one for each player, and
F
=
(
F
1
,
F
2
,
…
,
F
m
)
{\displaystyle \mathbf {F} =(F_{1},F_{2},\ldots,F_{m})}
is an m-tuple of payoff functions.