Game best_response.py on Ometeotl, an abstract decision meta-model

BestResponseCalculator

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Source:

src/ometeotl_core/game/best_response.py

Local role: Finds the best-response strategy for a focal actor against a fixed set of opponent strategies, using a prebuilt NormalFormGame.

Big-picture role: An actor can only reason about their best move relative to their beliefs about what others will do. BestResponseCalculator instantiates that conditional rationality: given fixed beliefs about opponents, it identifies the choice that maximises an actor’s own outcomes. It is the minimal expression of strategic reasoning in a world where actors are finite, self-interested, and uncertain about each other.

BestResponseResult

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Source:

src/ometeotl_core/game/best_response.py

Local role: Result container for one best-response computation: the dominant strategy for a focal actor given a fixed opponent profile, plus a ranked list of all available responses.

Big-picture role: Rational behavior in a competitive context is not “pick the best strategy in isolation” — it is “pick the best strategy given what others are doing.” BestResponseResult is the answer to that conditional question: what is the optimal choice for this actor, and how do all other options compare, when opponents are assumed to play a specific way?