ALL meanings of prisoner's dilemma
prisoner's dilemma
P p - noun prisoner's dilemma (in game theory) a scenario in which the outcome of one person's decision is determined by the simultaneous decisions of the other participants, resulting in a bad outcome for all of them if all act in their own self-interest. 1
- noun prisoner's dilemma in game theory, a situation in which, if each of the individuals involved chooses the most rational option for gaining his or her own ends, the least desirable outcome for all will necessarily result 0