duel_simulation


duel_simulation, a MATLAB code which simulates N instances of a duel between two players.

Player 1 fires at player 2, and hits with a probability of P(1). If Player 1 misses, then Player 2 fires at Player 1, hitting with a probability of P(2).

The duel continues with alternating shots until only one player survives.

The simulation is intended to estimate the probabilities that a player will survive, and the number of turns required.

The exact probability that player 1 will survive is

P(1) / ( P(1) + P(2) - P(1) * P(2) )
while player 2's chance is
P(2) * ( 1 - P(1) ) / ( P(1) + P(2) - P(1) * P(2) ).

Usage:

[ s, turn_average ] = duel_simulation ( p, duel_num )
where

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

duel_simulation is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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Reference:

  1. Paul Nahin,
    Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers,
    Princeton University Press, 2000,
    ISBN13: 978-0691009797,
    LC: QA273.N29.
  2. Martin Shubik,
    "Does the Fittest Necessarily Survive?",
    in Readings in Game Theory and Political Behavior,
    edited by Martin Shubik,
    Doubleday, 1954,
    LC: H61.S53.

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Last revised on 08 January 2019.