Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

Both are being interrogated separately and do not know what the other is saying . And both want to minimize the amount of time spent in jail . However , the dilemma is

If Dave pleads not guilty and Henry confesses , Henry will receive the minimum sentence of one year , and Dave will have to stay in jail for the maximum sentence of five years

If nobody makes any implications they will both receive a sentence of two years

If both decide to plead guilty and implicate their partner , they will both receive a

sentence of three years

If Henry pleads not guilty and Dave confesses , Dave will receive the minimum sentence of one year , and Henry will have to stay in jail for the maximum five years

Prisoner B Stays Silent Prisoner B Betrays

Prisoner A Stays Silent Both serve six months Prisoner A serves ten years Prisoner B goes free

Prisoner A Betrays Prisoner B serves ten years Prisoner A goes free Both serve two years

Right choice would be to cooperate as this would reduce the time served by them to one year

Game Theory and Nuclear Proliferation

Nuclear proliferation is basically the spread of nuclear technology including nuclear power plants but especially nuclear weapons from nation to nation . Nuclear proliferation across the globe is extremely dangerous as it may increase the possibility of nuclear warfare causing massive world destruction besides de-stabilizing international relations and endangering the national sovereignty of independent nations Despite these threats many small countries have also been pursuing their own nuclear goals . Riding their reasons high on self defence , they question the very right of only few powerful countries owning such weapons . The idea to promote nuclear non-proliferation began only in the late-1960s , when five nations had acquired nuclear weapons (United States of America , Russia (formerly...